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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Child dangling from rooftop window above London shop rescued by police and bystanders

A bystander and police officer saved a child who was clinging to a window ledge above a busy high street.

Footage shows the young girl holding onto a ledge above a pawnbrokers shop in Ilford, east London on Tuesday (7 June), as horrified onlookers watched on.

A woman can be seen reaching up to help before a police officer and another man appear, who catch the child as she falls.

A Met Police spokesperson said that officers were called to the scene “following concerns for the safety of a child climbing onto a window ledge”. They confirmed that nobody received any injuries during the incident.

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