Mother of the toddler, who fell to her death from an eighth-floor apartment in Sharjah, has been charged for negligence.
The incident took place on Monday when the two-year-old slipped through an open window that she accessed using a chair.
It is suspected that the child was left alone in the apartment when tragedy struck.
This comes just a day after another child fell to her death from a ninth-floor balcony in Dubai.
Ramadan working hours confirmed for UAE public sector
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Kazakhstan crowned champions of the UAE SWAT Challenge 2026
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H.H. Sheikh Mohammed attends final day of UAE SWAT Challenge
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the final day of the seventh UAE SWAT Challenge at the Al Ruwayyah training ground in Dubai.
UAE chairs Arab League emergency meeting on Israeli settlement expansion
The UAE has chaired an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo to address recent Israeli decisions to expand settlements in the Palestinian territories.
UAE cracks down on unlicensed domestic worker recruitment platforms
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation shut down 230 social media accounts in 2025 for illegally promoting domestic worker recruitment services.
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