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		</div><p>A mother who was nearby when a six-year-old boy was thrown from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery said the incident was “terrifying”.</p>
<p>The child is in a London hospital after being found on a fifth-floor roof at the world-famous attraction.</p>
<p>A Metropolitan Police spokesman told PA that the boy is <em>“no longer in a life-threatening situation”</em>, adding: <em>“He is critical, but stable.”</em></p>
<p>A 17-year-old male suspect remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.</p>
<p>The teenager had remained with members of the public on the 10th-floor viewing platform after the incident on Sunday afternoon, police said.</p>
<p>They added that there was nothing to suggest that he is known to the victim.</p>
<p>Officers had been called to the gallery at around 2.40pm and the child was treated at the scene before being flown to hospital by London’s Air Ambulance.</p>
<p>Olga Malehevska was on the viewing platform with her four-year-old son when the incident took place and described what happened as “absolutely terrifying”.</p>
<p>The journalist, from Ukraine, said: <em>“I was standing on the balcony with my little one and he was touching the fence and we were making pictures.”</em></p>
<p>She said she then heard a noise and there was some pushing. She pointed out that the platform was not overcrowded.</p>
<p><em>“I just felt like something is going on, I should take my child out of there immediately and we tried to go towards the exit,”</em> she said.</p>
<p>Ms Malehevska said she could hear people say “Oh my God, the boy dropped”, and also saw a woman crying, shaking and shouting “oh my son, my son”.</p>
<p>She said they were all kept inside the building for around an hour and 20 minutes.</p>
<p>Ms Malehevska said she was amazed at how quickly the emergency services arrived. She said it would not be possible for a child to climb the fence on the platform or jump through it.</p>
<p>A small group of tourists gathered outside the entrance of the Tate Modern ahead of it opening its doors at 10am on Monday.</p>
<p>A number of them were aware of the incident on Sunday.</p>
<p>Andrea Cioci, from near Rimini in Italy, said: <em>“I’m glad to come here to see the art but if I think about that a part of my heart is sad.”</em></p>
<p>American tourists Aleta Kennedy and her daughter had pre-booked tickets for an exhibition at the gallery.</p>
<p>Ms Kennedy said of her daughter: <em>“For her, this is one of the highlights of her trip.”</em></p>
<p>Ylenia Trivigno, from Tuscany in Italy, said it is her first visit to the Tate, adding: <em>“It’s very sad.”</em></p>
<p>A Tate spokeswoman said the gallery will be open as usual on Monday but the viewing platform will remain shut “out of respect”. A sign inside the building informed visitors: <em>“The viewing level is closed today.”</em></p>
<p>A photocall for a new exhibition which had been due to take place on Monday morning was postponed.</p>
<p>In a short update, Scotland Yard said: <em>“Officers continue to work hard to establish the circumstances of yesterday’s incident.</em></p>
<p><em>“The six-year-old boy’s condition remains the same and officers are supporting his family.</em></p>
<p><em>“The male arrested is still in custody.”</em></p>
<p>On Sunday, visitors reported on social media not being allowed in or out of the gallery while emergency services dealt with the incident.</p>
<p>Police said a number of members of the public are assisting police with witness statements.</p>
<p>Administration worker Nancy Barnfield, 47, of Rochdale, was at the 10th-floor viewing gallery with a friend and their children when her friend heard a “loud bang”.</p>
<p>Ms Barnfield turned around and saw a woman screaming “where’s my son, where’s my son?”</p>
<p>Members of the public quickly gathered around a man who was nearby, she said.</p>
<p>Ms Barnfield said: <em>“We did not notice the mum before, we noticed her after because she was hysterical by then.”</em></p>
<p>She said the person who was restrained by members of the public before the police arrived “just stood there and was quite calm”.</p>
<p>Most visitors only discovered that someone had been injured as they tried to leave.</p>
<p>The Tate Modern was the UK’s most popular tourist attraction in 2018 after being visited 5.9 million times, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.</p>
<p>With the schools having broken up and holiday season begun, there are likely to have been thousands of visitors to the gallery on Sunday.</p>
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