Dubai police have taken several steps in their investigation into the circumstances of the fall of a teenage (Afghan) from the balcony of her family apartment in a tower overlooking the Burj Khalifa, while taking a picture «selfie», according to the story of her younger sister who witnessed the incident.
A security source told Emirates Today that a team of criminal detectives at the specialized police station and the General Directorate of Forensic Evidence moved to the family's apartment.
He added that although the girl's sister said that her sister was standing on a folding chair of the kind used in the gardens, and her feet fell and fell, Dubai police is always keen to check all possibilities, before the results are resolved.
The 16-year-old girl was killed after she fell from the top of a tower on Sheikh Zayed Road from the 17th floor while trying to take a selfie, she said. Sitting on the edge of the balcony of the apartment she lived with her family.
He said that the girl was trying to photograph herself in a shot (selfie) standing on a chair on the edge of the barrier located in the balcony of the apartment, trying to capture the background of the upper view on the 17th floor, suddenly misfired, according to the description of her sister who saw the incident, which led to She slipped over the chair and fell from above, while the phone fell on the balcony.
The UAE Today tried to communicate with the family, but a state of sadness overwhelmed its members, while a field tour revealed that the tower overlooking part of the Burj Khalifa area, and is often used by photography enthusiasts and social networking activists to take a picture of the background of the tower.
According to one resident of the building that it meets the safety standards and safety requirements in terms of the height of the balcony barrier, pointing out that falling from the balcony can not happen without climbing on a chair or something high.