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(UK) Sheffield hotel fall: Boy who died was Afghan refugee

'A five-year-old Afghan refugee who fell to his death from a Sheffield hotel window has been identified by police.
It is reported Mohammed Munib Majeedi fell from a ninth-floor room where he was staying with his mother.
Emergency services were called to the OYO Metropolitan Hotel in Blonk Street, Sheffield, at about 14:30 BST
on Wednesday.



A fellow Afghan staying in the hotel said Mohammed's family arrived in the UK 15 days ago.
It is understood they were relocated to the UK as part of the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP)
scheme.

The man, who worked as an interpreter for the British Army in Afghanistan, said one of his children alerted him
to the boy falling and he went outside to help. He was later asked to accompany Mohammed's mother to hospital
to translate.

He said everyone in the hotel had been left shocked by the incident. "They are so upset, they are so unhappy,"
he said. "Everybody, if you want to talk to them, they have no time because they are so bad, in a bad condition."

Another Afghan resident said he was in his room when he heard the boy fall. "His mother was in the room with
him," he said. "She was screaming, 'my son, my son'. When I came here [outside] I saw the ambulance and police
here."

He added: "They came here to save their lives, they came for a new life here, but unfortunately..."
The man said the eight to 10 Afghan families staying at the hotel were being moved to another hotel on Thursday
afternoon...'

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Mohammed Munib Majeedi.