Sharjah: A Filipino woman died after falling from the balcony of her third-floor apartment in Sharjah’s Al Mureija area early on Sunday, a Sharjah Police official told Gulf News.

The 40-year-old victim was identified as M.W.D.

“Police and ambulances rushed to the area after receiving reports about the incident around 3.40am,” a police officer said.

Authorities were called to the scene after eyewitnesses saw the woman plunge to the ground. They informed police that a woman had fallen from the balcony.

A team from the Criminal and Investigation Department (CID) was dispatched to the building where the woman was pronounced dead.

The body was moved to Al Kuwaiti hospital and then to the forensic laboratory for an autopsy.

Police have launched a full investigation into the woman’s death.