Dubai, Dec 14 (UiTV/IANS) – A five-year-old child of Indian descent died after falling from a high-rise building in Al Qusais, east of Dubai, police said.
The girl fell through a tiny window that opened from the ninth floor of the family’s apartment near Al Bustan centre at around 9.30 p.m. on December 10, the Khaleej Times reported.
“It is a very small window and almost physically impossible for a child to get through,” a neighbour said.
“I am not sure how it happened, but it is heartbreaking,” he said, adding that the child “was an active and sweet girl who always smiled”.
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After finishing official documentation in the UAE, the family is expected to fly the child’s body back to India for last rites, the paper reported.
The five year-old’s death is a third such mishap to occur this year in UAE.
Last month, a three-year-old child of Asian descent died in Sharjah after falling from the 14th floor of a building in the Al Taawun area.
In February, a 10-year-old Asian child died after falling from the 32nd floor of a residential tower located on King Faisal Street, Sharjah.
