Girl, 5, dies in balcony fall

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Romanian girl left alone by her parents who were working fell to her death from the third-floor balcony of their flat in Larnaca, police said.

The girl was found just after 10am by neighbours who notified the authorities.

Reports said she had been left on her own by her parents who had to go to work when at some point she climbed on a couch on the balcony and fell some nine metres.

She was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

State pathologist Eleni Antoniou has ruled out foul play.

Police are trying to establish the circumstances that led to the child’s death and were not immediately looking to charge the parents with any offence.

The parents said they came to Cyprus in March in search for work and a better future.

The girl had been attending school on a daily basis and it was the first time she had been left home alone.

 

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