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05th Aug 2019

Six-year-old boy ‘thrown’ from 10th floor of Tate Modern now in critical but stable condition

Jade Hayden

He is “no longer in a life threatening situation.”

A six-year-old boy who was “thrown” from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern is now in a critical but stable condition.

The child was found on the fifth floor roof of the art museum yesterday after he fell from the viewing platform above.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Police do not believe he was known to the victim.

BBC News reports that the six-year-old boy, who was with his mother at the time of the incident, is no longer fighting for his life.

Metropolitan Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to the scene near London Bridge station on Sunday afternoon.

The LAS said they “treated a person at the scene and took them to hospital.”

A witness said that they were on the 10th floor viewing platform when they heard a “loud bang.” They then heard a woman scream: “Where’s my son?”

“We did not notice the mum before, we noticed her after because she was hysterical by then,” said the witness.

The Tate Modern was the UK’s most popular tourist attraction in 2018 with 5.9 million visitors. The viewing platform was opened in 2016.

The museum is open today, but the platform will remain shut.

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