Sisters die after 13th floor fall

TWO girls fell to their death from a high-rise building last night, local police said.

Police said they received a call about 7pm, saying two girls were found dead on a platform on the second floor of a building in a residential complex on Fangxin Road in the Pudong New Area.

One aged five and the other seven, they were believed to have fallen from their home on the 13th floor to the platform, police said.

The parents said their daughters were alone at home since yesterday afternoon. Police have ruled out homicide.

Meanwhile, a man fell from 18th floor to his death at 5:40pm on Xietu Road yesterday.

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