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Wow: Father Throws Daughter Off Roof During Police Stand-Off

Wow: Father Throws Daughter Off Roof During Police Stand-Off

I don't know what this guy was trying to prove, but putting his child's life at risk shouldn't have been an option.

A South African man has been charged with attempted murder after throwing his six-month-old daughter off the top of a shack in an illegal township to stop it being demolished.

 

The 38-year-old had taken the baby and climbed on top of their home in protest against dozens of shacks at a township in Kwadwesi, near Port Elizabeth on South Africa's eastern cape coast being lined up for destruction.As half-a-dozen policemen lined up on the ground below him and one climbed up to try to talk him down, the man dangled the baby over the edge by her ankle, before swinging her over the edge.Images show the police officer on the roof rushing forward to grab the father but not before he threw the baby.Fortunately, the girl was caught by the policemen standing below, and did not suffer any injuries.

 

The father was arrested and handcuffed and was officially charged by police with attempted murder.

 

The drama happened after 90 shacks built illegally at the Joe Slovo township in Kwadwesi were ordered to be demolished.The South African Police Service had been sent in to ensure the safety of the demolition team as 150 protesters began serious rioting throwing bricks and closing off roads with burning tyres.

 

As calm was being restored this man climbed onto the roof of his shack with his child and threatened to throw her to her death if the demolishers did not back off and leave his home alone.

 

When negotiators failed to talk him down a rescue plan was launched by police which ended successfully with the fathers' arrest and the safe recovery of the toddler who was thrown off the shack.

 

Police spokesman Captain Andre Beetge told local media: 'At about 10.40am a 38-year-old man climbed onto the roof of one of the structures and held a one-year-old girl in his hands.

 

'This was done to force the team not to demolish the structure. -(Jamie Pyatt, Daily Mail)

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