The Independent - 06.08.2019

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thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform. Scotland Yard has said there is no link between the suspect
and the victim.


Officers were called to the gallery at around 2.40pm and the child was treated at the scene before being
flown to hospital by London's Air Ambulance.


Appealing for witnesses on Monday, DCI John Massey said: "It would have been incredibly distressing to
watch, and it may be that you left Tate Modern very quickly after. If you have not yet spoken to us about
what you saw, please contact us without delay."


Olga Malehevska was on the viewing platform with her four-year-old son when the incident took place and
described what happened as "absolutely terrifying".


The Tate Modern was the UK's most popular tourist attraction in 2018 after being visited 5.9 million times,
according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. With the schools having broken up and holiday
season begun, there are likely to have been thousands of visitors to the gallery on Sunday.

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