Man jumps off block of flats with toddler, child survives

A 43-year-old man from Tilburg has jumped to his death from a block of flats, taking a two-year-old child with him.

The child survived the fall but has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police are now investigating the motive for the man’s action and if he is related to the child. He did not live at the location where he jumped. The mother of the child is at the hospital.

Nos television did not give any information about which floor the man jumped from.

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