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Shock in Spain: Two 12-year-old twins die after throwing themselves out of a sixth-floor window

2023-05-19T13:18:36.971Z

Highlights: Two 12-year-old girls threw themselves from a sixth-floor window in the city of Oviedo. The girls lived in Spain, but were of Russian nationality. The parents of the deceased twins, who it is not known if they were at home when the girls rushed out of the window, are receiving psychological care. This tragedy occurs three months after a similar event occurred in the Barcelona town of Sallent, in which two Argentine twins, also 12 years old, threw themselves into the void.


Impact by the death of two sisters of Russian origin who lived in Spain. The dramatic background of the Argentine sisters, also 12 years old.


Two sisters died in Spain when they threw themselves from a sixth floor in a building in the city of Oviedo. According to local investigations, the 12-year-old girls would have intentionally thrown themselves into the void. Both lived on the fourth floor, went to the sixth floor and rushed into the void into an interior courtyard. The girls lived in Spain, but were of Russian nationality.

The tragic event occurred early in the day in circumstances that are still unknown, police sources told EFE. The children have a 10-year-old brother who was at school at the time of the incident.

According to these sources, the girls would have left home with the apparent intention of going to school; however, they left their backpacks before throwing themselves out of the sixth-floor window that is on the interior stairs.

Among the neighbors rumor that it could be a suicide, but the investigation is still open and the official circumstances are unknown. The family, originally from Russia, went unnoticed and "didn't mess with anyone, normal people," according to neighbors. In addition, the neighborhood, near the Oviedo countryside, had several parks where girls went frequently.


The parents of the deceased twins, who it is not known if they were at home when the girls rushed out of the window, are receiving psychological care. The mayor of Oviedo, Alfredo Canteli, decreed two days of mourning for the death of the minors.


Three months have passed since the dramatic case of the Argentine sisters.

This tragedy occurs three months after a similar event occurred in the Barcelona town of Sallent, in which two Argentine twins, 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.

The Argentine twins

Three months after surviving a fall from a third floor, one of the Argentine twins who suffered bullying in Barcelona recovers from her injuries while her family thinks about returning to the country. After the fact, calls to prevent bullying tripled in Catalonia.

The case of the 12-year-old Argentine sisters generated an impact in Spain.

The news that Alana and Leila had decided to jump hand in hand shocked public opinion. It happened on February 21 in Catalan territory, hours after they left the Llobregat Public Institute in Sallent. "I want to be happy, but obviously I'm going to suffer this for the rest of my life and I made the decision not to continue," wrote Alana, who died from the jump.

Her sister Leila was able to survive but was seriously injured with a broken jaw, several broken bodies and a compromised lung. He had also written a letter: "You know how much I love my sister. I saw all the bullying she suffers, I'm going to do what she decides. I'm going to accompany her where she wants," he said.

Girls were bullied in the school setting.

The fact generated a thorough investigation to know the motives that had generated the premeditation of throwing oneself into the void. There it was discovered that the Argentine twins suffered harassment. " They called them 'sudacas' and made fun of their accent," witnesses said. However, the girl who survived is progressing in her recovery.

In Sallent, Barcelona, the investigation continues into the tragedy of the Argentine twins, the death of Alana, one of two 12-year-old sisters who would have jumped together into the void from the balcony of their house. Leila, his twin, survived.

Leila spent March 7, her 13th birthday, hospitalized at the Parc Taulí hospital in Sabadell. However, the advance of his state of health caused him to leave the institution on March 30.

His family is already thinking about leaving the tragedy behind and returning to Mar del Plata, his hometown, after living abroad for three years.

Source: clarin

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