British man arrested in Kazakhstan after child found dead in five-star hotel
Hotel staff gave first aid and the girl was resuscitated but she died later in hospital.
Monday 28 October 2019 12:23, UK
A British man has been arrested in Kazakhstan after a young girl - also British - was found dead in a five-star hotel.
Media in the Central Asian country say the man is the child's father and that she was beaten to death.
The girl was found dead in the InterContinental Hotel in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, on 24 October.
The Foreign Office told Sky News: "We are in contact with the police in Kazakhstan following the death of a British child and the arrest of a British man in Almaty."
Hotel staff told Kazakh news channel Astana TV they were alerted by a woman's screams at about 7am on Thursday.
They gave the girl first aid and ambulance staff managed to resuscitate her but the girl - believed to be around 18 months old - died later in hospital.
The names of the man and the girl have not yet been disclosed.