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FLAT HORROR Tragic moment Glasgow woman dangles from Royston tower block window before plunging 100ft to death
Tributes have been paid to Alem Shimemi, 30, who fell from the 11th floor of the high-rise on Monday
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By Alex Matthews
24th February 2019, 8:59 am
Updated: 24th February 2019, 9:01 am
A WOMAN was dangled from a Glasgow tower block by her hair seconds before she plunged to her death.
Alem Shimemi, 30, fell 100ft to the ground in Royston after she was allegedly held out of the window at around 5:15pm on Monday.
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FLAT HORROR Tragic moment Glasgow woman dangles from Royston tower block window before plunging 100ft to death
Tributes have been paid to Alem Shimemi, 30, who fell from the 11th floor of the high-rise on Monday
GRAPHIC WARNING
By Alex Matthews
24th February 2019, 8:59 am
Updated: 24th February 2019, 9:01 am
A WOMAN was dangled from a Glasgow tower block by her hair seconds before she plunged to her death.
Alem Shimemi, 30, fell 100ft to the ground in Royston after she was allegedly held out of the window at around 5:15pm on Monday.
Alem Shimemi, 30, fell 100ft to the ground on an estate in Glasgow after she was allegedly held out of the windowMIRRORPIX
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Alem Shimemi, 30, fell 100ft to the ground on an estate in Glasgow after she was allegedly held out of the window
One horrified local told the Daily Record: “I could hear hysterical screaming and I went to the window and I saw the woman being held by the hair.
“She didn’t fall right away, because she was trying desperately to hold on to the window sill and she was scratching at the wall with her feet, trying to get a hold to keep herself from falling.
"It was terrible to watch.”
A man was seen running away from the block shortly after the tragedy on Monday at about 5.15.pm but was held down by witnesses until the police arrived.
The eyewitness who took the harrowing photo helped tackle the man who tried to run away from the scene.
He claimed the man tried to get away but he fell over a wall and was grabbed by a concierge and few women.
The unidentified man was held down until police arrived.
Women who were at the scene spoke the same language as the man who was "chanting", "praying" and "looked out of it", the eyewitness said.
It is not clear if the man is related or known to Alem.
Alem, an Eritrean national, was described as a “wonderful person” by friends at her local Eritrean Orthodox Church.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3915607/alem-shimemi-glasgow-robroyston-tower-block-fall-death/