Father screamed 'my boy is dead' after son, six, 'fell from kitchen window' of 15th floor flat

Release time：2024-05-18 03:29:52 Source：International Interface news portal

A father could be heard screaming 'my son is dead' after his five-year-old boy fell more than 150ft out of a kitchen window in a high-rise tower block, according to an eyewitness.

The Arsenal-loving youngster, named locally as Alam Makial, plunged from the 15th floor of Jacobs House on New City Road in Newham, east London, just after 6am.

Met Police detectives say the death is not being treated as suspicious - but council staff are trying to piece together how he fell amid claims that the windows on the tower block were 'not safe'. 

Maryam Hadafow, the boy's auntie, told MailOnline: '[Alam] had got up before his parents and he fell from the kitchen window.

'Alam's father screamed for help shouting "My son, my son is dead".

'His mother had written emails about the windows and doors to the council five times and said this is not safe for my kids.'

Paying tribute to the five-year-old, Maryam added: 'He was a lovely, lovely boy. He was very sweet.'

A woman lays follows close to where a boy, 6, fell 150ft from the Jacobs House tower block in east London 

The youngster plunged from Jacobs House (pictured) on New City Road in Newham, east London just after 6am

Jacobs House on New City Road in Newham, east London

Eyewitness JJ, who lives on the 12th floor, three floors below the flat where the boy fell from, told MailOnline: 'It was horrible. I felt so sorry for them. There was nothing that could be done.

'I heard the screaming and shouting and I thought it was someone we probably had a lot to drink because that happens a lot down here. '

He said a female paramedic was in tears when she realised the boy had passed away.'

Another witness, Uber driver Miah, 57, added: 'I am shocked and in disbelief.

'I was across the road from where the boy fell. I thought it was somebody who was drunk.

'It's happened in front of my house. I could see the ambulance people and the police and they were trying to help him.'

Scotland Yard is treating the death as 'unexpected' but no arrests have been made.. 

People who live in the 1960s 16-storey block, where flats can cost up to £200,000, have been left in 'utter shock' by the youngster's death and want answers about how it had happened. 

Council staff are currently at the block of flats reassuring residents and trying to piece together what happened.  

The map above shows the location of Jacobs House where the little boy was pronounced dead at the scene

The boy plunged from the 15th floor of the 150ft tower block in Plaistow

The Metropolitan Police said: 'We were called at 5.58am on Thursday, May 16 to reports of a child having fallen from height at New City Road, E13.

'Officers, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended.

'At the scene a five-year-old boy had fallen from an upper floor of an apartment block.

'Despite the efforts of emergency services he sadly died at the scene. His family are aware and are being supported.'

It subsequently added: 'The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner. Our thoughts are with the child’s family at this time.'

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called at 5.59am today to reports of a person fallen from height on New City Road, Plaistow.

'We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London's Air Ambulance.

'Our first paramedics arrived on scene in approximately four minutes.

'Very sadly, a child was pronounced dead at the scene.'

A spokesperson for Newham Council said they were 'deeply sorry to hear about this devastating incident, we extend our sincere condolences to all those affected'.

They added: 'We have staff at the location to provide reassurance to residents at this difficult time while we work with partners to establish the full facts.

'The Council is continuing to establish the facts regarding this tragic incident, until we have further information we're unable to make any further comment. Our priority is to support the family at this devastating time.'

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