Mother charged for child's accidental death

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.

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