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British holidaymaker fighting for life after horror balcony fall in Ayia Napa
Police are now investigating the incident.
A holidaymaker has fallen ten metres from his hotel balcony.
The 24-year-old tumbled while on holiday with pals in the Cyprus resort town of Ayia Napa
The tragedy took place at around 8pm on Sunday, and he was initially rushed to the Famagusta hospital in Paralimni, but then transferred to Nicosia General Hospital - the largest in Cyrpus.
A police probe into the circumstances surrounding incident has been launched, while medics who have treated him say he is in a "serious" condition.
It comes just weeks after another British holidaymaker plunged from a hotel balcony in Puerto Banus, near Marbella.
The man reportedly fell from a first-floor balcony at the Hard Rock Hotel on May 27.
The drop was said to be the height of a third floor, and emergency services rushed him to Costa del Sol Hospital before he was urgently transferred to Regional University Hospital in Malaga due to the severity of his injuries.
The Mirror reports three pals who were with him at the time have been questioned by police as investigations into the incident continue.
Local reports suggest the man's friends had no idea he had fallen, until police investigating the incident came knocking on their hotel room door to break the news.
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It's understood the rest of his group had been asleep when the incident happened in the early hours, unaware of the terrifying plunge just outside.
While authorities have yet to issue an official statement, sources say the fall is not being treated as a case of the dangerous trend known as 'balconing' where tourists leap between balconies or diving into pools from hotel rooms.
The investigation remains ongoing as police work to piece together exactly what happened in the moments before the fall.
In April, Brits heading to Ibiza were issued an urgent warning about the dangers of jumping off balconies following a number of similar tragedies involving young tourists.
Scottish student Emma Ramsay, 19, died last August after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel. The Ministry of Tourism has pledged to bring "more responsible tourism" to the archipelago.
A set of byelaws were recently introduced to Sant Antoni, Platja de Palma, S'Arenal de Lluchmajor and Magaluf - which brought in specific measures to try and stamp out balconing.
