Indian woman jumps to death after throwing 5-year-old daughter from 15th floor in Sharjah

A 35-year-old Indian woman pushed her five-year-old daughter from a high-rise in Sharjah, before jumping herself, resulting in their deaths.

The incident occurred on May 20 in the Al Nahda area of Sharjah.

Eyewitnesses and building employees say that the mother and daughter fell from the family’s 15th-floor apartment in the 32-storey building

Police have classified it as a suicide case and are investigating further. The woman's husband who works in Dubai is being questioned by police.

The woman had an online business and had lived in the UAE for several serveral years.

Family members of the woman are said to have travelled to the UAE from Kerala in the wake of the tragedy.