Immigrant jumps off Jesolo roof (2)

(ANSA) - Venice, August 23 - An Algerian immigrant threw himself off the roof of his two-storey home in Jesolo near Venice and is in a very serious condition after the 10-metre fall, police said Wednesday after vainly trying to to talk him down. Police were called to the premises by the immigrant's partner who reported that he had beaten her in an umpteenth domestic row.
    The 41-year-old man, who reportedly has a record for drugs offences, kept on drinking beer while the Carabinieri talked to him and then suddenly took a run-up and threw himself off the roof.
    He was taken to a Mestre hospital where he is in "very serious" condition with fractures to his pelvis, skull and other parts of his body, medical sources said.