Cops Say Teen Threw Boy, 6, From Tate Modern's 10th Floor

The boy is in critical condition and the suspect has been arrested
Posted Aug 5, 2019 1:32 AM CDT
Cops Say Teen Threw Boy, 6, From Tate Modern's 10th Floor
Emergency crews attending a scene at the Tate Modern art gallery, London, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.   (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

A horrifying scene Sunday afternoon in London, where a 6-year-old boy standing on a viewing platform on the 10th floor of the Tate Modern museum was thrown, falling five stories to land on a 5th-floor roof, the BBC reports. He is currently in critical condition, and police have arrested a 17-year-old male on suspicion of attempted murder. There is no indication of a relationship between the two.

A museum visitor who was on the viewing platform at the time said she heard a "loud bang," then turned around and saw a woman screaming, "Where's my son, where's my son?" Per CNN, she says she had previously noticed the teen suspect acting suspiciously; after the boy was thrown, bystanders reportedly restrained him. (The 5-year-old boy thrown from a Mall of America balcony in April just left intensive care.)

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