A 25-YEAR-OLD man who died after a horror fall from a hotel balcony has been named by police.
Kieran Thomas Hughes, from Bangor, tragically died in the early hours of Friday.
Kieran Thomas Hughes, 25, died after falling from his hotel balcony in Malta
Hughes died after falling from a hotel balcony in St Julian, Malta
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He reportedly fell from the balcony of the Cavalieri Art Hotel in St Julian, a town in the East of Malta.
A medical team rushed to the scene at Triq Spinola but the Welshman was declared dead upon arrival.
An investigation by Malta Police is currently underway.
Preliminary investigations say the Brit likely fell off his balcony at around 4.15am.
Kieran’s father expressed gratitude for any kind messages but has asked for privacy.
The 25-year-old worked as a software engineer and had “a promising career ahead of him” his father said.
Sian Gwenllian, the representative for Arfon in the Senedd, said that his death was “truly devastating”.
She added: “The pain his family must be experiencing is unimaginable.
“My thoughts, and those of the people of Gwynedd, are with them in their grief.”
A British Foreign Office spokesperson told The Sun: “We are in contact with the local authorities regarding the death of a British man in Malta.”
In June, a 24-year-old plunged over 32ft from a hotel balcony in Ayia Napa.
The man was rushed to hospital with life threatening injuries.
A similar incident in Costa del Sol saw a Brit holidaymaker left fighting for his life after plunging from a hotel balcony at 5am.
Dad Ben Clark, 41, died instantly after he fell into a rocky area near a popular holiday beach in Majorca last month.
He fell 15ft off a wall to his death as his family named him as a “true legend”.
His daughter, Kaci Fraya, is believed to have been on the Spanish holiday to Cala Agulla on the island’s northeast coast with her dad at the time of his death.
In a touching post on Facebook, she wrote: “Love you forever dad.”
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