Parents arrested after four-year-old dies in Engomi balcony fall
Police arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy who died after falling from the sixth-floor balcony of his Engomi home.
Engomi, Cyprus. Police arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy on Sunday after the child died following a fall from the sixth-floor balcony of the apartment where he lived.
The boy fell on Thursday evening and was taken to hospital by ambulance, but could not be saved.
Arrests and court appearance
The child’s parents, a 32-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, were subsequently arrested.
They are due to appear before Nicosia district court, where police will seek their remand.
Post-mortem examination
A post-mortem examination is expected to take place on Monday. It will be carried out by pathologist Orthodoxos Orthodoxou to determine the precise cause of death.
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