London:
The eyelids of a British teenaged soldier were glued together in an initiation ceremony and doctors had to cut them open, leaving the soldier without eyelashes.
The Sun reported that 17-year-old Scott Parker of 2 Royal Anglian Regiment screamed as he was allegedly strapped down before the glue was poured on him at the Dhekelia base in Cyprus.
The teenager was rescued when his shrieks were heard by officers who rushed to help him in the midnight assault.
Parker was left temporarily blinded.
He was taken to the base's hospital where doctors had to cut along the glue line, leaving him with no eyelashes.
Three privates - Lee O'Leary, Jack Parsler and Peter Cross - face a court martial for alleged assault.
"This is thought to be an initiation ceremony that went horribly wrong. Parker and other lads had been drinking in their block when he was pounced on. The superglue incident didn't happen in his room, but one of the other lads'," a source was quoted as saying.
"They strapped him to a bed with bungee rope before pouring superglue on his forehead.
"The soldiers didn't mean it to go into his eyes, but the glue ran down into them and caused utter agony. People heard him screaming for help and some of the non-commissioned officers ran in."
The Sun reported that 17-year-old Scott Parker of 2 Royal Anglian Regiment screamed as he was allegedly strapped down before the glue was poured on him at the Dhekelia base in Cyprus.
The teenager was rescued when his shrieks were heard by officers who rushed to help him in the midnight assault.
Parker was left temporarily blinded.
He was taken to the base's hospital where doctors had to cut along the glue line, leaving him with no eyelashes.
Three privates - Lee O'Leary, Jack Parsler and Peter Cross - face a court martial for alleged assault.
"This is thought to be an initiation ceremony that went horribly wrong. Parker and other lads had been drinking in their block when he was pounced on. The superglue incident didn't happen in his room, but one of the other lads'," a source was quoted as saying.
"They strapped him to a bed with bungee rope before pouring superglue on his forehead.
"The soldiers didn't mean it to go into his eyes, but the glue ran down into them and caused utter agony. People heard him screaming for help and some of the non-commissioned officers ran in."
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