Seaton, Adelaide: Heartbreaking details emerge about moment five-year-old girl was found limp in the arms of a man screaming for help before she died

A teenage boy has recalled the harrowing moment he called emergency services after hearing a man screaming as he held the limp body of a five-year-old girl.

Jabar Stanikzai, 13, was walking home from school in Adelaide’s western suburb of Seaton when he heard a man shouting in the street away.

The young teen approached the man and saw that he was holding a child in his arms and she was not moving.

The man shouted at Jabar to call an ambulance, prompting him to contact emergency services.

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“As I got closer to the man, I could see that he was holding a child – a little girl – in his arms and she was limp, not moving or anything and he was screaming her name, I think,” Jabar said.

‘When he saw me he shouted at me to call the ambulance, so I ran to the telephone box on the street and called the ambulance.’

Jabar called just before 4pm and saw six or seven ambulances and several police cars arrive at the Housing Trust on Ballater Avenue within five minutes.

Paramedics treated the young girl at the scene before rushing her to Women and Children’s Hospital, where she died a short time later.

It is believed the five-year-old died after suffering cardiac arrest.

Jabar’s father Abdul Ghafar Stanikzai said he was proud of his son for helping the man and could not fathom the loss of a child.

“I am very proud of Jabar because he has never been in an emergency situation like this and he showed that he could help others,” Stanikzai said. The advertiser.

“But I’m a father of three sons, and one of my children is five years old just like that little girl, and I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like to lose someone so young.”

Neighbor Sharon Surace, 67, also heard the man’s cries for help and described the scene as ‘horrific’ and heartbreaking.

“All I heard was a man screaming, he wasn’t screaming like he was fighting or drunk, you just knew it was a scream like someone had died,” Ms Surace said.

“It was a horrific scene to see this man holding the (unresponsive) little girl in his arms and screaming for help, it’s just heartbreaking.”

Ms Surace, who has lost a child in the past, left flowers on the doorstep of the girl’s home on Thursday as the family was “going through the most difficult days”.

A police spokesperson confirmed that the girl’s death is now the subject of a coronial investigation. No arrests have been made.

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Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said authorities were treating the case “seriously” and were trying to determine how the child died on Wednesday.

“It’s obviously very tragic when someone loses their life, especially when it’s a young person,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide.

‘Until we have more clarity about the cause and circumstances, we will of course treat it seriously.’

The Major Crimes Unit is assisting in the investigation into her death, which Commissioner Stevens said was common in early investigations due to the child’s age.

“When a five-year-old child dies, we want to make sure we have the right resources to determine the circumstances as quickly as possible so we can move forward in the right direction,” he said.