Five-year-old boy in Indonesia climbs onto roof to avoid circumcision

The boy climbed on the roof and refused to come down for two hours when his mother took him to be circumcised. Photo / Facebook

A young boy scrambled onto the roof of a medical clinic and refused to come down after his parents took him to be circumcised in Indonesia.

The youngster, believed to be about five years old, ran out of the clinic and scrambled up onto the roof of the building where he stayed, refusing to climb down, for two hours.

Dr Anik Sutari said she had never seen anything like it in all of her years of working in the city of Serang, capital of Banten province, on the Indonesian island of Java.

She shared the photograph of the boy's stunt on Facebook and admitted she had been stumped as to what to do, reports the Daily Mail.

"Throughout my professional history, out of the 20 years I have been doing circumcisions and the thousands of children I have circumcised, this is the first time I've seen a child flee to the top of the roof," said Dr Sutari.

She and the boy's parents had been reluctant to follow the frightened youngster onto the roof in case he tried to run away and fell.

Dr Sutari said that it was only after two hours that the parents thought to contact the boy's schoolteacher who had a good relationship with him.

She added: "It's true... As soon as the teacher comes, with a little persuasion finally the child wants to come down.

And even more magical, the child walks himself to the circumcision clinic, and positioned himself for the procedure without being led or forced."

And Dr Sutari said the boy did not struggle, cry or even complain when she was finally able to circumcise him - three hours later than planned.