Elderly man dies after falling from 10th floor

An elderly man died after falling off the 10th floor of a building in Male’ on Monday afternoon.

Police said that the man had been 83 years of age, and had fallen from the 10th floor of Ransthaanuge, located in the Maafannu ward.

“The case was reported to police at 2:55 pm. He was dead when he was taken to the hospital,” said the police media official.

The reason why the man fell from the building is unclear at the moment.

Police are looking into whether the man had been a resident of the building, or had been a visitor.