Cape Town – A Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer Tebogo Mailula saved the lives of two little girls aged 2 and 5 over the weekend after they were trapped on a ledge on the 3rd floor of a Johannesburg building situated at the corner of End and Lilian Ngoyi Streets.
The girls’ mother had left them sleeping in the flat while she went to the butchery.
“Officers discovered that the mother had left the girls sleeping inside the flat, to go to a butcher. It’s alleged that when the girls woke up, they realised that they were alone & climbed out of an open window,” JMPD said.
Officers discovered that the mother had left the girls sleeping inside the flat, to go to a butcher. It’s alleged that when the girls woke up, they realised that they were alone & climbed out of an open window. They were handed to over to their mother on her return. #JoburgCares pic.twitter.com/hRtvo7nqeh
— Jo’burg Metro Police Department – JMPD (@JoburgMPD) February 12, 2022
Mailula, who was was on patrol in the Johannesburg CBD on Saturday afternoon, with three other officers saw a crowd gathered outside the building.
“The officers could see two little girls walking on a ledge of the third floor of a building where the crowd was, with a member of the public trying to reach out to them from another ledge of a lower floor,” said JMPD
Mailula acted swiftly and entered the building with assistance from the building’s caretaker and a member of public who climbed up a street pole from the ground floor.
The girls were rescued and were handed over to their mother upon her return
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Whilst conducting #BuyaMthetho patrol in the JHB CBD #JMPD officers TG Mailula & OG Nkhutlelang came across a group of people at Cnr Bree & End St who stopped them to assists a 2 years & 5 years old girls who had climbed out the window on the 3rd floor of a building.#SaferJoburg pic.twitter.com/1REXI1um9t
— Jo’burg Metro Police Department – JMPD (@JoburgMPD) February 12, 2022
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