Boy, 8, jumps to his death after ‘years of violent abuse by his parents’ (Metro)

A child has died after jumping from his parents’ flat after years of alleged abuse.

The boy, named only as Anton, killed himself after getting home from school on August 23 in Enerhodar, southern Ukraine.

Downstairs neighbour, Zhanna said she heard Anton’s parents ripping his clothes and beating him followed by silence, the sound of a child running.

She said: ‘Several seconds passed and there was that horrific thud when a body hits the ground,’ she added. Read more