Police fail to dissuade German tourist from suicide leap

A 23-YEAR-OLD German tourist killed himself by leaping from the fourth floor of the Pefkos hotel in Limassol in the early hours yesterday, police reported.

Police rushed to the hotel at around 12.35am after being informed by a hotel employee that a guest was standing on a fourth floor ledge and threatening to jump.

Police officers spent 35 minutes trying to convince him not to leap, but he did, landing on the concrete pavement below.

The 23-year-old was rushed to Limassol hospital but died there of his injuries just before 3am.

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