Jehovah's Witness teenager died after refusing blood
A teenage Jehovah's Witness who was crushed by a car as it crashed into a shop died after refusing a blood transfusion in hospital.
Joshua McAuley, 15, was airlifted to hospital from the incident in Smethwick, West Midlands, on Saturday morning, but died later that day at around 5.30pm.
The schoolboy, who sustained abdominal and leg injuries, is believed to have told doctors at Birmingham's Selly Oak Hospital not to give him a blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs.
Clive Parker, an elder at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Smethwick, where Joshua and his family worshipped, said Joshua was conscious after the accident and "made a stand on the blood issue".
Każdy z współwyznawców tego chłopca ma jego krew na rękach. Religia zabija przez swoją głupotę i bezduszność.