JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 25 — A seven-year-old boy died Friday evening after allegedly falling from the 10th floor of a flat in Taman Perling here while playing.

Acting Johor Bahru Utara police chief Superintendent Azrol Anuar Nor said the boy sustained severe injuries to his head, arms and body and was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical officer from Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA).

He said the victim was found lying on the ground below the flat by residents, with police receiving a report on the incident at about 5.30pm.

“Preliminary investigations found that the victim was playing with several other children along the 10th-floor corridor of the flat. He reportedly used a bicycle to climb over the corridor wall before falling,” he said in a statement yesterday.