Mother dangles daughter (3) from fifth floor in Umbilo

SAPS were called to assist when a mother held her daughter (3) out of a fifth floor window at a block of flats in Teignmouth Road, Umbilo on Friday, December 24.

Community groups, Umbilo South Community Assist and eThekwini Secure shared posts on social media, saying SAPS engaged with the mother through a locked entrance gate.

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According to reports, the rescue team set up a high angle rope system from the eighth floor while the negotiators talked to the mother who moved away from the window to engage with the negotiators.

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“(The mother then) returned to the window and hung her daughter out again while screaming and shouting at the rescuers stationed on the ground below. The high angle team immediately began to abseil down to the open window while the Special Task Force, simultaneously breached the apartment.  In a well coordinated operation between all the role players both the mother and child were rescued,” read a post on eThekwini Secure Facebook page.

Reports indicate that members from Durban SAPS Search and Rescue, Special Task Force, Provincial Negotiators, and Durban Metro also responded to the scene.

The Berea Mail reached out to SAPS for comment, however they did not respond at the time this article was published.

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