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Nine-year-old boy falls off building in Abu Dhabi
A nine-year-old boy fell off the tenth floor of a building on Salam Street on Tuesday evening around 7.30 pm, a police officer told Gulf News.
Abu Dhabi: A nine-year-old boy fell off the tenth floor of a building on Salam Street on Tuesday evening around 7.30 pm, a police officer told Gulf News.
The boy is believed to have accidentally slipped off the window of his apartment. Police are investigating the incident.
"The child was rushed to the Shaikh Khalifa Medical City and was later transferred to Central Hospital," the officer said.
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