11-year-old girl dies after falling from building in Karachi

KARACHI: A 11-year-old girl died after reportedly falling from balcony of the apartment in Karachi’s Lyari neighborhood, ARY News reported on Saturday.

According to rescue sources, eleven-year-old Qandeel reportedly fell while cleaning an apartment as there were no grills on the apartment’s balcony.

The rescue teams shifted the body to Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities.

Police have launched an investigation into the case.

In a similar incident reported in 2020, a 19-year-old girl reportedly died after a fatal fall from a Metroville apartment building.

The deceased was a nursing student in a private hospital who according to the police was standing on the balcony of her apartment.

Police said the 19-year-old was an epilepsy patient and according to the preliminary investigations her fall was catalyzed due to an epileptic seizure on the spot.