The Independent - 06.08.2019

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TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019

Teenager charged with


attempted murder over boy’s


fall at Tate Modern


Emergency services attend to the victim following the incident on Sunday (PA)


HENRY VAUGHAN


A teenager was charged last night with the attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was allegedly thrown
from a viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery. The 17-year-old is due to appear at Bromley Youth
Court today accused of trying to kill the child, who is a French national visiting London with his family.


The youngster was airlifted to hospital after he was found on a fifth-floor roof at the gallery on Sunday
afternoon. He is in a stable but critical condition. The boy had plummeted five storeys after allegedly being


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