3-year-old girl falls to her death in Abu Dhabi

The Egyptian girl fell from the living room balcony

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A three-year-old girl of Egyptian nationality plunged to her death from the fifth floor of a building located at Airport Road in Abu Dhabi.

The girl fell from the balcony of the living room of her family flat when her aunt was sleeping in the other room.

It is reported that the same child was rescued in December when Abu Dhabi police received a call that a child was about to fall from the window of her parents flat.

The Abu Dhabi police team rushed to the flat and broke the main door and rescued the girl before falling in the street.

They also discovered that she was alone in the flat and her parents were at work.

The baby girl identified as Maryam, is the only baby of her parents, reported Emarat Al Youm.

Meanwhile the Major General Nasser Lakhraibani Al-Nuaimi the secretary-general of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection in the Ministry of Interior expressed his sadness and added it was an unfortunate incidents.

He stressed that Abu Dhabi Police is confronting this phenomenon, by giving priority to raising the awareness of the children of the dangers of windows and balconies.

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  • Monica 2 February 2012 15:34 0 0
    In addition to the 5000 dirhams fee for sponsoring housemaids, Indian Embassy have further complicated the procedure by requiring hundreds of attestation and 9200 deposit. This is promoting 2 things, parents risking their child safety because they have no maid and secondly huge increase in the number of illegal Indian maids in Abu Dhabi.
  • MJ 2 February 2012 15:09 1 0
    What kind of parents are these people? They should've been prosecuted the first time when they left their own child all alone. My heart ached reading this sad sad story.
  • Charles 2 February 2012 15:05 0 0
    The negligence and irresponsible attitude of the parents has resulted in the death of a child despite an earlier wake-up call.
  • Expat 2 February 2012 15:01 0 0
    Having a maid (Dh5,000 + expenses + cost of food and accommodation) is really too high for families with average salaries. There is no support system for expats here from extended families like grandparents or near relatives. Even cost of sponsoring parents is too high (medium expenses with high deposit of Dh5,000). If this was allowed freely, I am sure many expats would take that option and this will help solve this problem of 'home alone' kids to a great extent.
  • Part 2 February 2012 14:09 0 0
    The government should review the cost of sponsoring housemaids. Dh5,000 is a huge amount for those parents who earn an average salary. That's why most of the parents sacrifice the safety of their children.
  • Jenny 2 February 2012 12:32 0 0
    An 'unfortunate incident'? This is negligence! You wouldn't let your child play with a loaded gun, would you? After what happened just a few weeks ago, it makes you wonder how much they cared about the poor child!
  • punter 2 February 2012 11:15 0 0
    I don't understand what is so important for parents that they leave their children alone or without proper care? We have seen moms going shopping leaving kids at home. Some parents go for a stroll leaving kids home alone. The list of parents negligence is very long! they should be held responsible & should be punished.
  • mo 2 February 2012 10:23 0 0
    The parents should be solely held responsible, nobody else.

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