In Oviedo, a national police inquiry is progressing into the death of two 12-year-old twins who leaped from a sixth-floor window of the residence they shared with their family. Officials indicated that all findings and evidence will be forwarded to the court in the coming hours, as the investigation continues to unfold amid a housing district that remembers the children vividly.
On Monday, representatives addressing the press conveyed that the situation has prompted discussions about a suicide or self-harm scenario of a highly troubling nature. The local government delegate for Asturias, Delia Losa, described the deaths as a grievous event that was unexpected in every sense and urged a careful, respectful handling of the matter while the legal process observes its course.
People close to the inquiry have told agencies that the focus of the investigation centers on the family and the school environment of Alexandra and Anastasia. The girls, identified as Russian nationals who had lived in Oviedo for several years with their parents and a younger brother, reportedly had no documented history of abuse, according to early lines of inquiry.
Meanwhile, the Prosecutor’s Office for the Principality of Asturias has not announced any formal case openings at this stage. Public Ministry sources told reporters that, from the outset, authorities ruled out third-party involvement and described the incident as a tragic event rather than an accidental occurrence, a distinction that remains under consideration as the case develops.
The La Ería public school, where the twins were enrolled in the sixth grade, has postponed the planned year-end excursion to Madrid for students in that class, with plans for a new date to be confirmed for tomorrow. The school administration has asked families to approach the situation with sense and to observe the privacy of those affected during this difficult time.
The Student Parents’ Association has called for respect and discretion and has asked the community to honor the family’s need for privacy as the investigation unfolds and the case proceeds through the proper channels.
According to initial accounts, the twins left their home with the clear intention of heading to school. They were observed to have jumped from a sixth-floor window of the building on Calle Facetos 47 around 9:00 in the morning. Although their residence is on the fourth floor, it was the sixth-floor window that opened onto the drop into the void, an important detail that investigators are weighing as they review the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Sources connected to the probe indicate that the girls walked away from the home with the intention of going to school, yet they left their backpacks on the landing before advancing to the window that led to the interior staircase and the fall. The family’s background has come under examination as part of the broader inquiry into what happened on that morning, with the 10-year-old brother present elsewhere at the time, attending school alongside his sisters in the same building.
The tragedy adds to a sequence of recent events that have drawn national attention to the vulnerability of children in urban settings. In a related incident reported three months earlier, two 12-year-old twins in Sallent, near Barcelona, fell from a third-floor balcony. One child died in that case, while the other sustained serious injuries, underscoring the ongoing concerns about child safety and mental health in similar environments.