Bahrain family’s holiday takes tragic turn after child falls from 9th floor of apartment
Tuesday, 06 Aug 20191:37 PM MYT
By MOHD FARHAAN SHAH
JOHOR BARU: A vacation turned into a tragedy for a Bahrain family when their five-year-old son fell to his death at a serviced apartment complex in Iskandar Puteri.
Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the victim's body was found lying face down on the third floor at the complex’s swimming pool area.
“Police received a report about the incident through the MERS 999 emergency number at around 6.05pm on Monday (Aug 5).
“Inspection from the police forensic unit found that the victim had died at the scene.
“It is believed the boy had fallen from the window of a unit on the ninth floor which the family was renting, ” he said here on Tuesday (Aug 6).
ACP Dzulkhairi said the victim's mother was cooking at the time the victim was playing with his younger brother in the living room. Her husband had gone downstairs to do some shopping.
She suspected something amiss when her children's laughter stopped. After realising only her youngest child was in the living room, she searched for the victim in the bedrooms and toilets.
“The mother then noticed a window was slightly open and when she looked down, she saw her son’s lifeless body.
“The father told the police that the family just arrived at the serviced apartment complex, ” he said, adding that a security member who witnessed the child falling had reported the incident to the management.
ACP Dzulkhairi said there were no CCTV cameras at the scene and the victim's body has been sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital for a post-mortem.
He added that police have classified the case as sudden death.
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