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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jordan Reynolds and Helen William

Autistic boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ window in 15th-floor flat, coroner says

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London - (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

A five-year-old boy died after jumping from a 15th-floor tower block window that was "compromised", a coroner said.

Aalim Ahmed died instantly after the fall from a tilt-and-turn kitchen window at a residential property in Plaistow, east London.

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