5-year-old boy falls from balcony of 9th-floor apartment
Local Japanese News In English
A five-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he fell from the balcony of a 9th floor apartment in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sunday. At around 1:30 p.m., emergency services received a call alerting them that there was a child lying on the road in front of an apartment building.
According to police, the boy had been left at home alone by his parents who had gone out for a while. Police believe the boy climbed over the 120-cm high balcony railing. Police are treating the fall as an accident and no charges have been made. (Japan Today)
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