Brit, 25, who died after hotel balcony fall in Malta named and pictured
Kieran Thomas Hughes, from Gwynedd in Wales, fell from a balcony at the Cavalieri Art Hotel in the town of St Julian in the early hours of Friday morning.
Emergency services were called to the hotel at about 4.15am, but he died at the scene.
The area outside the hotel on Triq Spinola was cordoned off on Friday morning as the emergency crews recovered his body.
Local police are now investigating the death.
Kieran, 25, worked as a software engineer and had 'a promising career ahead of him', his father said.
His dad thanked people for their kind messages and condolences but has asked for privacy, The Sun reports.
Siân Gwenllian, the Welsh Senedd member for Arfon, said: 'News of the death of a 25-year-old man 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.' More Trending
A spokesperson for the British Foreign Office confirmed they are in touch with the local authorities after Kieran's death.
Two weeks ago, a dad was killed in Majorca after he fell 15 feet down a wall near a beach.
Ben Clark, 41, from Hampshire, was killed instantly when he plunged from the rock wall.
His partner had also fallen at the same spot, but she managed to get to a nearby hotel and raise the alarm.
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