Chinese mother throws son, 4, from fourth-floor window after row with ex-husband
Child escapes with only cuts and bruises after electricity cables and polystyrene boxes cushion his fall
A Chinese woman accused of throwing her four-year-old son out of a fourth-floor window after an argument with her ex-husband has been detained by the police.
The incident happened on Saturday at a guest house in central China’s Hunan province, The Beijing News reported on Tuesday. The 35-year-old suspect, identified only by her surname Zhang, had apparently been arguing with her former partner just a day after their divorce had been finalised.
In the settlement, Zhang was given custody of the couple’s six-year-old son, while the child’s younger brother was placed with her former spouse, the report said.
“She [Zhang] asked permission to spend some time with our four-year-old on February 23, and I agreed,” the ex-husband, who was not named, was quoted as saying.
“But when I called her on my way to the guest house to pick him up at about 11am the next day, we got into an argument about him.”