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News | London A five-year-old boy fell to his death from the kitchen window of his 15th floor flat at an east London tower block , an inquest has heard. Aalim Makail Ahmed landed on railings below 15-storey Jacobs House on New City Road, Newham , last Thursday (May 16) morning. He was discovered by his father, whose anguished cries alerted members of the public, an inquest opened by east London coroner Ian Wade KC heard on Friday.

His death would have been “instantaneous”, the court heard. Court officer Jean Smyth told the court: “Shortly before 6am on May 16, members of the public alerted the emergency services to the sounds of intense distress in the vicinity of Jacobs House, New City Road.” Police and paramedics arrived shortly after 6am, “to find the body of five-year-old Aalim Ahmed impaled on the spikes of the railings outside the ground floor of the building,” she continued.



“There were no life-saving opportunities, and once removed from the railings Aalim was pronounced deceased. “It became apparent that Aalim’s father had been the person who’d foud Aalim, and his cries had been heard by other residents. “Preliminary enquiries suggest that Aalim had fallen from the kitchen window of his home on the 15th floor.

” A post-mortem found his cause of death to be “multiple injuries, due to trauma (fall from height)”. The pathologist noted that Aalim’s death was “instantaneous”, the court heard. “What a terrible and sad occurence,” said co.

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