A woman who fell from a building on Monday evening has passed away, the Maldives Police Service has confirmed.
According to the police, a 32-year-old local woman fell from a building near the cemetery in Henvieru ward of Malé. She was already dead when she was taken to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), they said.
The woman is reportedly a native of Fuvahmulah. The cause of the fall is not known. A picture of the incident showed that she was on the street with her face down and she appeared to be bleeding from her head.
An individual from the neighbourhood who was present at the scene said that she was alone when she fell. They also said that she was in Malé for medical treatment.
Just the night before, on Sunday night, a four-year-old boy passed away after falling from the fifth floor of a building, also in Henveiru ward.