Hong Kong girl dies after 10-storey fall

The girl was found critically injured outside the apartment by police, after the 41-year-old mother reported her missing late Wednesday. She was declared dead in hospital.

Local news reports said a stool was found pushed up against a window with no safety grille, suggesting she had lost her balance while trying to look out of the window.

Child protection groups have for several years been calling for legislation against children being left alone, after a number of cases of children falling from their deaths from high-rise homes.