British tourist, 21, found dead in hotel pool in Cyprus while on family vacation

The 21-year-old - believed to have been on a family vacation with his parents - was found unconscious in the water outside a hotel in the Tomb of the Kings area of ​​the Cypriot island of Paphos on Tuesday around 6 p.m.

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A British tourist has been found dead in a hotel swimming pool in Cyprus.

The 21-year-old was found unconscious and floating in water outside a hotel in the Tomb of the Kings area on the Cypriot island of Paphos and died on Tuesday evening.

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The young man - believed to have been on holiday with his parents - was found around 6pm, a Paphos Police spokesman told

His body was pulled from the pool before rescuers performed emergency CPR and did everything they could to try to revive him.

They couldn't wake the 21-year-old so he was rushed to Paphos General Hospital in an amulance.

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It is believed that the man was on holiday with his parents in Paphos (

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The doctors took him to intensive care and intubated him, but he could not be saved.

He was pronounced dead around 9 p.m., according to local media.

Police ruled out the possibility of criminal activity.

Earlier this year, a British father-of-two also died while on holiday on the popular tourist island when a local man mowed him down in a hit-and-run.

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