Father of Paris balcony rescue boy was ‘playing Pokemon Go’

Man to appear in court after leaving toddler alone in fourth-floor apartment

Paris apartment rescue
The apartment block on Rue Marx-Dormoy, close to Gare du Nord, where the dramatic rescue took place
(Image credit: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty)

The father of the toddler at the centre of a dramatic balcony rescue in Paris was out playing Pokemon Go during the nerve-wracking incident, according to reports.

Video footage of bystander Mamoudou Gassama rapidly scaling the outside of an apartment building on Sunday to rescue a four-year-old boy hanging from a fourth-floor balcony turned the 22-year-old Malian migrant into a national hero.

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