On the afternoon of the 22nd, a boy fell from a metropolitan housing in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, and was transported to a hospital, where he died.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the circumstances of the scene and the cause of the fall.
Around 4:30 pm on the 22nd, the fire department was notified that a small boy had fallen at a metropolitan housing in Funabori, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, a 4-year-old boy living in this metropolitan housing was seen to have fallen and was taken to a hospital, but died about an hour and a half later.
The metropolitan housing has 14 floors, and we are investigating in detail the situation at the site and the circumstances of the fall, such as from which floor the boy fell.
The site is an area lined with housing complexes and factories about 400 meters north of Funabori Station on the subway and Toei Shinjuku Line.
A woman who lives in the neighborhood "It really hurts my heart"
A 28-year-old woman who lives in the same municipal housing said, "When I heard the sound of a fire engine, I thought there was a fire or something, but I was surprised to hear that a small child had fallen. hurts," he said.