Two children under the age of 12, Anastasia and Alejandra, have died this Friday morning when they fell out of a window of a building in Oviedo, at number 45 Calle Facetos. The incident took place around 9:00 a.m. The girls, twins and of Russian origin, would have rushed from the sixth floor; however, they lived on the fourth floor with their parents and brother. The Police have ruled out the intervention of third parties, so the hypothesis that it was a suicide is gaining strength.
The two minors, who had just turned 12, have a 10-year-old brother who was at school at the time of the event. The 44-year-old father and the 43-year-old mother received psychological care at their home portal and were subsequently transferred to the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA). The family had been registered in Oviedo for four years.
Sources close to the investigation have confirmed the main indication that leads one to think of suicide: the window from which they have fallen is on the sixth floor, while they live on the fourth.
The sequence of the tragic events has been as follows, according to the first investigations. The two girls have left home with their backpacks, although they would have hidden so as not to go to their school. They studied at the La Eria public school, located just a five-minute walk from their home. His younger brother, 10 years old, has attended this school. According to sources of the investigation, the girls have left their backpacks on the landing of the stairs and have gone up to the sixth floor. From there they have rushed through a window into the building's patio. Ruled out the intervention of third parties, the confirmation of the suicide hypothesis seems only a matter of time.
Police and emergency services are at the scene to clarify what happened. The medical emergency toilets displaced to the scene of the events have not been able to do anything to save the lives of the little ones.
In statements to RTVE, the Councilor for Security of the Asturian capital, José Ramón Prado, wanted to emphasize that the family was "very integrated into the community" but has refused to speculate on the reasons for the event, waiting for progress. the investigation. A police spokesman added that the only thing they can advance is that it is "a tragic event" in which "third parties have not intervened."
The Oviedo City Council has decreed two days of mourning for the event and electoral campaign events have been suspended, explained the mayor, Alfredo Canteli. In addition, it has been agreed to suspend the inauguration of the Ascension fair, scheduled for this afternoon, and that it take place without music during the two days of mourning.
This tragedy occurs three months after a similar event occurred in Sallent (Barcelona), where on February 21 two twin girls, also 12 years old, threw themselves into the void from the balcony of their house on the third floor. One of the girls died and the other was seriously injured.
