Karl Stennienibarra
A new viral ‘game’ sweeping through WhatsApp is telling people to take part in ridiculous challenges that end with the recipient turning into a Nationalist.
Several people contacted Bis-Serjetà today to say they have received unsolicited messages from a grotesque man with bulging eyes called Deldel.
Deldel, who says he is from Malta, orders recipients to complete a series of increasingly absurd challenges, and tells them he will kill them in a trial by combat if they don’t obey.
“The challenges started out harmless enough,” said Denise Barbara, 38, from Siggiewi.
“The first thing Deldel told me to do was to ‘like’ PN’s Facebook page, which I did.
“Then, he said I had to go to the nearest PN club that hadn’t been sold and buy a flag.
“Before I had a chance to reply, he said I had to take the flag to a public place and wave it about while singing the Adrian Delia song.”
“Finally, he said I had to promise to vote for PN at the European Parliament elections and every single election after that.”
Ms Barbara said that at that point she told Deldel to stop messaging her, to which he replied with a long incoherent message about heroes and mercenaries.
Politicians have also been victims of Deldel.
Writing on Facebook, MEP candidate Michael Briguglio declared that he had completed all of Deldel’s challenges and was waiting for further instructions.
“#JienMaDelDel,” he wrote.
