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Bullring shopping centre: Woman dies after third floor fall | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A woman has died after falling from a third-floor balcony inside Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre, police have said. | |
West Midlands Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 13:30 GMT. | West Midlands Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 13:30 GMT. |
The incident shut the East Mall of the shopping centre, but it has since reopened. | |
Police said the death of the woman, believed to be in her 40s, was not being treated as suspicious. | |
The incident has now been referred to the coroner, a spokesman said. | |
The East Mall, which is at the Selfridges end of the shopping centre, was initially evacuated. | The East Mall, which is at the Selfridges end of the shopping centre, was initially evacuated. |
The mall opened about one hour later, but a small section remained cordoned off by police tape. | |
A woman who had been in one of the restaurants on the ground floor at the time said: "Staff were very slick and very quick and explained what they wanted us to do. | A woman who had been in one of the restaurants on the ground floor at the time said: "Staff were very slick and very quick and explained what they wanted us to do. |
"They acted professionally to maintain the dignity of the person involved." | "They acted professionally to maintain the dignity of the person involved." |