Four-year-old boy falls to death in Sharjah

Sharjah - The police said the boy fell from a window of a room while his family were in the hall.

A four-year-old Algerian boy died on the spot after he fell from his flat on the 18th floor at Sharjah's Al Buhaira corniche.
The police received a call yesterday and rushed to the area where they found the boy in a pool of blood.
The police said the boy fell from a window of a room while his family were in the hall. They shifted the body of the boy to forensic laboratory for further probe.
Investigation is underway to determine the actual cause of the death. Family members are being questioned by the police.
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Timeline of kids falling to death in UAE in 2015 November 15: A 14-year-old Indian girl jumped to death from the balcony of her family apartment in Al Nahda area of Sharjah on Sunday. October 25: A six-year-old Pakistani girl fell to her death from the 15th floor of a tower in Al Taawun area in Sharjah. The police said the girl landed in the balcony of an apartment in the first floor of the building and died on the spot. October 13: A 16-year-old Indian girl committed suicide early on Tuesday morning by jumping from the 7th floor of her building in Abu Shagara, Sharjah. The Indian girl R.M was a grade 11 commerce student in the Sharjah Indian School. October 6: An 11-year-old boy identified as H.M.H, a British national of Yemeni origin, died on the spot after he fell from the balcony of his family apartment in Al Majaz area. June 15: A two-year-old Chadian girl died after falling off her fifth floor apartment in Al Tawoun area in Sharjah on Monday morning. The police said the girl managed to reach the window using a piece of furniture, after which she fell. March 10: A four-year-old Egyptian boy died on the spot after he fell from a window of his family's 19th-floor apartment in a building in Al Nahda area. March 3: A 11-year-old girl died after she fell from her third-floor apartment in a building behind Al Zahra Hospital. February 23: A seven-year-old Arab boy died after falling from the balcony of his eighth-floor apartment in Sharjah. The boy was apparently feeding birds when he lost balance and fell to his death

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