13-year-old Heval Yildirim in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey, has been killed after a sacrificial goat jumped off a roof and landed on his head.
He was playing with friends when the animal – which also died – plummeted six floors from the top of a block of flats.
His devastated father, Mehmet, had brought the goat into town to sacrifice on Muslim feast day Eid al-Adha.
He could not find anywhere suitable to keep it so stowed it on the roof above the family's home on the top floor.
Police said they were investigating Heval's death, adding it was the first such case they had heard of.
Eid al-Adha honours the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son when commanded by God, who intervenes by giving him a lamb to kill instead.
Source - Metro
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