Boy, 5, died after jumping from 'compromised' 15th-floor tower block window

An inquest has concluded08:24, 25 Aug 2026A five-year-old boy died after jumping from a 15th-floor tower block window which had become 'compromised'.‌A coroner said Aalim Ahmed, who sadly died instantly, 'opened the window and in a naive belief that he could fly or alternatively could come to no harm, he leapt from the open window'. The kitchen window at Jacobs House tower block in Plaistow, east London, could tilt and turn.‌His distraught father Makail Ahmed rushed from the top-floor temporary social housing flat and discovered his body shortly before 6am on May 16 2024.‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterAalim’s mother Sahra Osman has described their son’s death as 'preventable' and blamed Newham Council, saying she had reported safety con