A five-year-old boy has been seriously injured after he was thrown from a balcony in a US shopping centre.

The horror incident happened at a centre in Minneapolis.

A horrified witness hold WCCO that a woman was screaming that someone had thrown her child from the third floor.

Brian Johnson, who was nearby, said: “She was screaming ‘Everyone pray, everyone pray. Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge.'"

Shoppers reported seeing a pool of blood at the scene as medics frantically performed CPR.

Unconfirmed reports state that a person was arrested.

The child was rushed to hospital.

It is unknown how serious his injuries are.

Local police wrote on Twitter : "The Bloomington Police Department is investigating an incident at the Mall of America today. A five-year-old child suffered injuries and is at the hospital now."

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