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A young girl is being treated in hospital after being tossed over a third-floor balcony at a shopping centre in southern China by a man who then leapt after her.
The incident happened about noon on Saturday in the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, local police said in a statement.
As the child, whose age was not given, came out of a toilet on the third floor, she was grabbed by her assailant, who was identified as a 36-year-old surnamed Li.
"During an initial investigation, the suspect said that heavy financial pressures had led him to consider committing suicide," the statement said.
"At about 11am [on Saturday] he went to the shopping mall and began pacing up and down on the third floor. About 12 noon, he saw a girl emerge from the toilets, grabbed her and threw her from the third floor to the ground floor before jumping down himself."
The girl sustained injuries to her head and buttocks in the fall, but her condition was not critical, the statement said, adding that Li sustained multiple bone fractures.
The incident was caught by surveillance cameras in the shopping centre and uploaded to Chinese news website Thepaper.cn on Sunday.
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Man throws young girl off third-floor balcony then jumps after her
The incident happened about noon on Saturday in the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, local police said in a statement.
As the child, whose age was not given, came out of a toilet on the third floor, she was grabbed by her assailant, who was identified as a 36-year-old surnamed Li.
"During an initial investigation, the suspect said that heavy financial pressures had led him to consider committing suicide," the statement said.
"At about 11am [on Saturday] he went to the shopping mall and began pacing up and down on the third floor. About 12 noon, he saw a girl emerge from the toilets, grabbed her and threw her from the third floor to the ground floor before jumping down himself."
The girl sustained injuries to her head and buttocks in the fall, but her condition was not critical, the statement said, adding that Li sustained multiple bone fractures.
The incident was caught by surveillance cameras in the shopping centre and uploaded to Chinese news website Thepaper.cn on Sunday.
More at
Man throws young girl off third-floor balcony then jumps after her
