A 79-year-old man died on Monday afternoon after he fell a height of one storey from the roof of his residence in Sliema.

The police reported that the incident occurred at around 17:45 CEST St Nicholas Street in Sliema. The man was rushed to hospital where he died soon afterwards.

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