Meet the world's tallest eight year old

A giant schoolboy is towering over his classmates and teachers – measuring a whopping 6ft 6in at the age of EIGHT.

Karan Singh, from Meerut in India, believes he is the world's tallest eight-year-old and comes from a towering family - his dad Sanjay is also 6ft 6in and mum Shweatlana is an incredible 7ft 2in.

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