Tourist killed in fall

A 58-year-old German tourist has been killed after falling three metres down a staircase at a hotel in Kato Paphos, police said yesterday.

Reports said Jurgen Brinkmann was on his way to board a bus outside the hotel at around 7.30pm when he fell and hit his head.

Brinkmann was rushed to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

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