Boy, 5, died after plunging from kitchen window on 15th floor tower block, inquest hears
dailyrecord.co.ukA child who died after falling from a tower block in London fell from his kitchen window on the 15th floor, a probe has heard.
Aalim Ahmed, five, died instantly after falling on a railing from the flat at Jacobs House in Plaistow, Newham, on May 16. An inquest into his death opened on Friday.It heard how the schoolboy died instantly after suffering from multiple trauma injuries after a “fall from height”.
The Mirror reports that his body was identified by his family.Emergency crews were called after neighbours were alerted to the boy's father's "distressed" cries, Walthamstow coroner's court heard.
Assistant coroner Ian Wade KC said he was opening a “coronial investigation” because he is “quite satisfied that Ahmed’s death was not from natural causes”.The boy was previously named locally as Aalim Makial Jibril and a GoFundMe has raised just over £1,000 for his funeral costs.
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