Baby girl thrown from third-floor window into litter box, breaks arms and legs – but miraculously survives
- The incident took place on Monday around 1 p.m. in the Altglienicke district of Berlin
A girl has been seriously injured with broken arms and legs after being thrown from a third-floor window into a litter box in Germany.
Police were informed of the incident in an apartment building in the Altglienicke district of Berlin around 1 p.m. on Monday.
A passerby reported hearing crying and wailing from a litter box under a balcony and found the seriously injured girl inside, local media reported.
Emergency services took the 21-month-old baby to a nearby hospital, where X-rays showed that both her arms and legs were broken after the 30-foot fall.
While she is in intensive care, her condition is no longer said to be life-threatening.
A girl was seriously injured with broken arms and legs after being thrown from a third-floor window into a litter box (pictured) in Germany
Police were alerted to the incident in an apartment building (photo) in the Altglienicke district of Berlin around 1 p.m. on Monday.
The area where the animal transport box was found was cordoned off Monday afternoon as investigators secured evidence, including the mother’s third-floor apartment.
Photos from the scene show the cat’s carrier lying among a bicycle rack and overturned garbage bags, which witnesses say were thrown from a third-floor window next to a phone and bottles before the girl was found.
Photos from the scene show the cat’s basket lying among a bicycle rack and overturned garbage bags. Witnesses say they were thrown out of a third-floor window alongside a phone and bottles before the girl was found.
The area where the animal transport box was found was cordoned off Monday afternoon as investigators secured evidence.
Police have launched an attempted murder investigation and arrested the girl’s mother, whom they found in the third-floor flat with another child.
The second child, reportedly a boy, was taken into care by the local youth care center.
It is unclear whether the mother locked her daughter in the litter box and threw her out the window. The father’s whereabouts are currently unknown.
Researchers have not published information about the mother’s age or her social background.
Berlin police spokeswoman Anja Dierschke confirmed that the 3rd Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation into the case.
Prosecutors are expected to decide Tuesday whether the mother should appear in court.