Victim is German

Tourist dies in balcony fall on Mallorca

A tourist has presumably died in Mallorca after falling from a hotel balcony. The body of the 21-year-old was discovered by friends on Monday morning in Playa de Palma on a side street below the balcony, reported the "Diario de Mallorca" and other media on the Spanish Mediterranean island, citing the authorities. The police confirmed this information on request.

The authorities have launched an investigation. They are assuming an accident. The young man from Germany probably fell from the second-floor balcony on Monday night after returning to the hotel with friends at around 3am following a night of partying. The victim was not found until hours later by his companions. They discovered the lifeless body shortly after 8 a.m. and alerted the police.

The newspaper "Última Hora" writes, citing the authorities, that the German had probably sat down on the balcony railing to smoke and lost his balance.

"Balcony climber" fell to his death only recently
This is the second accident in May in which a tourist from Germany has died at the so-called Ballermann. Just two weeks ago, on May 7, a 23-year-old died in a fall. The exact circumstances are still being investigated by the authorities.

According to the information available so far, the young man was attacked after a party at night and lost his hotel key. In a drunken state, he is said to have tried to climb over the facade onto the balcony of his room.

There are always fatal balcony falls by tourists on Mallorca. Usually the drunken vacationers have locked themselves out or want to jump from the balcony into the pool as a test of courage.