A 3-year-old boy died after being thrown from a window on the 22nd floor by his mother in Chongqing on Monday morning.
A 37-year-old woman surnamed He is alleged to have suddenly gone into a frenzy at her home on the 22nd floor in Banan District in Chongqing this morning. She attacked her mother-in-law with a kitchen knife and then threw her 3-year-old child out of the window, causing the child to fall to its death, local police said.
In circulated videos, a child is seen being dragged by the woman, and hanging perilously on the outer edge of the high-rise balcony, with another child nearby. In another segment of the footage, the woman is shown throwing a child from a broken window of the high-rise building.
The mother-in-law is receiving treatment at hospital and is not in critical condition.
The mother has been taken into police custody, and the case is under further investigation.
