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Mother of three falls to death from 4th floor balcony
A 38-year-old mother of three children died on the spot after falling from the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment in Shaikha Latifa building near the Deira Creek yesterday.
- Amira Agarib And Zoe Sinclair
- Updated: Thu 24 Nov 2022, 10:45 AM
The woman has been identified as Mehnaz Shahid, an Indian.
The tragedy, according to the police, occurred around 2pm. On being informed, officials from Naif police station rushed to the spot and found the body lying in a pool of blood. The body was moved to Rashid Hospital.
It is not yet clear how she fell from the balcony.
The police quizzed several people including her family members.
According to a police official, the victim’s uncle said that the woman was alone when the accident took place. “She probably fell while trying to clean the balcony by removing the movable railing,” the uncle told the officials.
The woman had been married for 14 years to an Indian businessman and leading a happy married life. The uncle said the woman had happily escorted her husband to the door when he left at 1.30pm. Nelofar, an eyewitness who was walking towards the building at the time of the incident, told Khaleej Times that she saw the woman falling down. “It was a horrible scene. I was on my way to teach some
children living in the same building when I saw a woman falling down. The victim was wearing a white shirt and green trousers,” she said.
Meanwhile, the body has been transferred to General Department of Science for autopsy.
The tragedy follows last Friday’s death of a Filipina crew member of Emirates after she fell from a high-rise building in Deira.
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