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A woman has died in central Sydney after falling from Sydney Tower while on a Skywalk tour, police and paramedics have confirmed.

At 2.40pm on Thursday, New South Wales police and ambulance were called to a building on Castlereagh Street near the busy Pitt Street mall to attend to the woman, who died at the scene.

A statement from NSW Ambulance said the woman had begun threatening self-harm while on the outside viewing platform. She then fell to her death. The Skywalk is more than 250 metres above ground.

Two paramedic crews responded and treated witnesses for shock. A police spokesman said an operation was under way and a report would be prepared for the coroner.

• On 9 March 2018 this article was corrected. A previous version said the person who jumped from the tower was a man.

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