A 1.5-year-old girl fell from the 10th floor in Samarkand

In Samarkand, a 1.5-year-old girl died after falling from the 10th floor of an apartment building.  The press secretary of the Prosecutor General’s Office Khayot Shamsutdinov reported this to QALAMPIR.UZ.

It is reported that the incident took place on 9 June at 18:00pm in apartment 81 in the “Karasuv” neighborhood, Samarkand.

The child of A.K, living in this apartment, S.S was born on 19.11.2020, she entered the hallway through the open apartment door and accidentally fell down through the iron bars of the 10th floor balcony.  The child died at the scene after sustaining severe injuries.  

An operative-investigative group fronted by the head of the Investigation Section of the Emergency Appeal department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Samarkand, the deputy prosecutor of the city of Samarkand and the investigator of the city prosecutor's office was formed at the scene and arrived the place of incident.

Furthermore, the body of S.S (deceased) was examined in the presence of an expert.

In order to determine the bodily injuries and death of the deceased, S. S, a forensic medical examination was ordered, but the family members of the deceased refused to conduct an examination because there were no complaints from anyone in the case.

The case was documented in the participation of witnesses and the body of the deceased S.S was left to the family.

Preliminary investigative proceedings are being carried out on the situation.