• 6-year-old boy thrown from the terrace of the Tate Gallery in London, arrested a 17-year-old

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05 August 2019It is no longer considered by doctors in danger of life the 6-year-old British child dropped yesterday from a panoramic terrace on the tenth floor of the Tate Modern Gallery in London and crashed after a flight of several meters on the roof of the fifth. The BBC reports this, citing hospital sources according to which the child is in critical but stable condition, struggling with the serious injuries sustained.

The 17-year-old accused of pushing him down remains in custody. According to the police, the two do not know each other. The hypothesis of an unbalanced gesture takes shape, according to the reports reported by the newspapers. The 17-year-old was in fact heard complaining confusedly against "social services" at the time of detention; while before he had been seen approaching with strange way to other children by some visitors of the famous London museum, crowded with families and tourists on Sunday afternoon. The young man seems to have also been hit in the face by a witness, according to the Mail, according to which the security personnel had to hide him in a bathroom before the police took him away.

The Tate Modern, a museum of modern art on the banks of the Thames and one of the most visited tourist places in the United Kingdom, was closed immediately after the tragedy, but was able to reopen today, with the exception of the observation platform.