30-year-old flees apartment by jumping off the balcony

Woman, 30, injured in fall after she fled an apartment by jumping off the balcony

A woman, 30, was taken to Mater Dei Hospital this evening for injuries sustained after jumping off the balcony of a block of apartments in Qawra.

The Police’s communications office confirmed that a woman, a Nigerian national residing in Msida, wanted to get out of the apartment but her only means out was the balcony.

It is not yet known what caused the woman to seek escape through a balcony.

The Police have not confirmed reports that the woman might have been escaping an attempted rape.