Dubai: “I was just shell-shocked when I saw the dead body. I was not able to sleep or eat for two days,” said a Filipina cashier who works in a supermarket located in the same building.
The woman was reacting to the death of a teenage girl who jumped to her death from the 38th floor of Cluster V at Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai. The incident took place on February 14.
Life is slowly limping back to normal at this particular residential cluster. Many residents declined to talk about the incident, respecting the privacy of the family.
Gulf News visited the high-rise cluster on Monday where a palpable sense of loss has permeated the daily routine. At the site of the tragedy, complete quiet blanketed an area that was filled late last week with emergency officials responding to the fall of the teenage girl.
The scene that played itself out late last week left no signs near the building where responders and bystanders struggled to come to terms with the inexplicable death.
“It was about 5pm. I was busy at my desk attending to a customer when I heard a thud, as if something big had come crashing down from the building. I walked out to see what it was and, to my horror, I saw the girl’s body in a pool of blood. It was a gory sight. I can’t describe it. She used to visit the supermarket to get brown bread now and then. She came across like any other girl of her age,” she said.
Gulf News learnt that the family has temporarily moved out from their penthouse. The building management refused to give further details to avoid further disruption to residents. The spot where the girl’s body fell has now been cleaned up.
“What happened is very sad,” said another resident.
A Bangladeshi cleaner, believed to be the first to see the dead body, said: “I just went numb. I just did not know how to react to what was in front of me. I just rushed inside and notified the building management about the incident.”
