A 25-year-old British tourist has died after falling from his hotel balcony late at night in a popular tourist spot in Malta.
Police rushed to a hotel in St Julian on Friday morning to discover the body of a lifeless man on the ground out the building.
A medical team were called to Triq Spinola, on the east of the island, but the Welshman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the Brit fell off his balcony at around 4.15am.
The tragic fall happened at the Cavalieri Art Hotel, Times of Malta confirmed.
Police in the UK has confirmed the dead Brit was from Gwynedd, in northern Wales, the Mirror reports.
The road outside the hotel was temporarily closed on Friday morning as emergency services worked on the scene before taking the body away.
The hotel appeared to be operating as usual by 9am with Malta Police confirming their investigations are ongoing.
Police rushed to a hotel in St Julian on Friday morning to discover the body of a lifeless man on the ground
Preliminary investigations suggest that the Brit fell off his balcony at around 4.15am
Welsh MP Sian Gwenllian, who represents Arfon, described the death as ‘truly devastating’.
She said: ‘News of the death of a 25-year-old from Gwynedd in Malta is truly devastating.
‘The pain his family must be experiencing is unimaginable.
‘My thoughts, and those of the people of Gwynedd, are with them in their grief.’
MP Liz Saville Roberts, who represents Dwyfor Meirionnydd, added: ‘Heartbreaking news. My heart goes out to the young man’s family at this extremely difficult time.’
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: ‘We are in contact with the local authorities regarding the death of a British man in Malta.’
