A 14-year-old girl “fell” from a residential building and died upon impact with the ground on Friday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP) notified the Judiciary Police at 8:11 a.m. on Friday that a female had fallen from a flat in Rua de Nagasaki. The girl was rushed to a hospital for treatment but later it was confirmed that she was dead. The bureau and the Public Security Police requested PJ officers to go to the scene to investigate.
According to Ho’s statement, the girl lived with her family in the flat. At about 7:20 a.m. on Friday, the girl’s mother went to tell her to get up but discovered that she was not in the bedroom. She discovered that the window grilles in the room were open and told her husband. Later, the girl’s father found his daughter lying on the flowerbeds outside the building and called the police for help. The firefighters arrived at the scene and rushed her to a hospital for treatment, but it was later confirmed that the girl had died.
According to a preliminary examination of the body, no suspicious or criminal injuries were found on the deceased, except for injuries that were consistent with falling from a height. A suicide note was found in the home, according to the statement.
The girl was a local secondary school pupil surnamed Si.
The Judiciary Police have initially classified as a dead body found case. The cause of death has yet to be determined by a forensic examination, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement on Friday that the bureau was deeply saddened by the girl’s death, and expressed its deep condolences, promising to support the bereaved family.
After learning about the incident, the bureau immediately activated the school crisis mechanism, and sent supervisors to the school to coordinate counselling and follow-up work, hoping to reduce the impact of the incident on teachers and pupils, according to the statement.
The bureau urged pupils to confide in, and ask for help from those they trust or professional counsellors when encountering emotional distress or difficulties, and seek solutions to their problems in a positive manner.
Any teachers or pupils in need of help can contact their school counsellor or call the bureau’s Educational Psychological Counselling and Special Education Centre on 2840 1010.
People contemplating suicide, or those suspecting that a person is at risk of suicide, may also phone Caritas Macau’s Life Hope Hotline (2852 5222) or the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) 24-hour Counselling Hotline (2826 1126).
Firefighters and police officers investigate the scene where the girl fell from a residential building onto the flowerbed in front of the building in Rua de Nagasaki in Zape.
Photo: Iong Tat Choi
