A three-year-old British boy has tragically died in Cyprus after falling out of a hotel window while on holiday with his parents.
The child was playing with his father in the corridor on the fourth floor of the hotel at 6pm yesterday when he fell through an open window, according to local media.
The family are believed to have arrived on Saturday and were due to stay at the hotel in the coastal area of Chloraka, near Paphos, until July 25.
In circumstances that are still under investigation, the child fell from an open corridor window and landed on the hotel’s main veranda on the first floor. He died upon arrival at the hospital.
After Cypriot police launched an investigation into the incident, they arrested the 37-year-old father on charges of ‘causing death through negligence, reckless and dangerous actions’.
Local media reported that police were notified of the incident at around 6.40pm, after the child was picked up by an ambulance and taken to Paphos General Hospital.
An autopsy will be carried out this afternoon at the morgue of Nicosia General Hospital.
The father was brought before the Paphos District Court this morning, where officials issued an eight-day detention order.
A young British toddler has tragically died in Cyprus after falling off a fourth-floor hotel window while on holiday with his parents
Testimony of last night’s tragedy is also expected to be heard at the legal proceedings.
The couple have another young child, a five-year-old girl, who was with them at the time of the incident.
The mother’s parents are also in Paphos with the couple.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Foreign Office for comment.
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