A man in his 50s fell to his death from the second floor of Tokyo's Omotesando Hills shopping complex on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred just after 12 noon. Fuji TV reported that police received a call saying that a man was lying on the floor in the basement of the popular shopping facility.
The man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Surveillance camera footage showed the man climbing over the glass wall of an open stairwell on the second floor. He fell about 12 meters to the 2nd-floor basement.
Although the complex was crowded with shoppers at the time, the man did not hit anyone below, police said.
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nfijapan
Surveillance camera footage showed the man climbing over the glass wall of an open stairwell on the second floor. One of those "what were you thinking!" moments
clamenza
nfijapan - pretty obvious he was thinking suicide, not trying to get a better view of the mall.
sweet and sour
Could've been a burglar that missed his footing. The 2nd floor seems a little low for a jumper.
Rana Sodhi
In my university days, I fell from 3rd floor.Few bruises Lol
clamenza
a burglar in an open stairwell in a packed mall at 12 noon.
Of course. That had to be it.
smithinjapan
clamenza: "Of course. That had to be it."
I think the poster was just saying it could be anything. While the explanation makes it sound like suicide, I agree that jumping from the second floor doesn't seem like the potential for success is high, though if that was his intent he did indeed succeed.
In any case, glad that he did not land on anyone.
mekki
Did anybody actually read the article? It says he fell from 2nd floor down to the second floor basement. Also it states he fell 12 meters which is exactly the same 4 floor distance.
clamenza
smithinjapan - the man climbed over the railing. In his 50's.
Suicide.
smithinjapan
clamenza: "Suicide."
How do you know he didn't drop something and thought he could catch it in time? The fact is you do not know for a fact, and that is what the poster was saying. You can only infer, and while it is the most obvious inference, it is not yet established fact. I also think it was suicide -- but I don't KNOW for a fact it was. Neither do you.
clamenza
smith - video and common sense don't lie. Suicide.
nfijapan
In my university days, I fell from 3rd floor.Few bruises Lol if you landed on concrete then I recommend you contact guiness book of records
nath
I thought journalism generally frowned on reporting suicides?