Android technology has left a young girl,7 with horrific
injuries after her smartphone exploded in her pocket. Ariana Aitzhan was carrying a Samsung Galaxy S2 model
in her pocket while playing in the garden with her friends in the Kazakhstan capital Astana when her
parents suddenly heard her screaming.
Both parent rushed out to see the remains of the phone on
the floor with the girl’s friends saying it had exploded in her pocket. Ariana
was immediately rushed to the hospital leaving her parents shocked at the
extent of her injuries as she required a skin transplant.
Her father recounted the harrowing moment he discovered the
shocking extent of his daughter’s injuries.
“When it exploded she was screaming and calling for help, a
neighbor that was nearest pulled her jeans off and said that some of her skin
came away with it. “The burn was horrific – it went all the way through to the
bone.”
Ariana’s mother Alia Kamzina added: “She is in shock still,
as are we all. “She is now afraid of smartphones, she can’t bear to even see
one being used without being terrified.”
Samsung have offered to pay for all of Ariana’s medical
bills and plastic surgery but Mr Aitzhan has so far refused to return the
torched handset, for fear of his daughter’s horrifying story being covered up.
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