A 66-year-old man died Thursday after falling from an external staircase while doing repair work on a private residence in Nicosia.

The deceased is Efstathios Panteli Hadjialexandrou, a resident of Anayia village.

He was seriously injured by the fall.

The man was rushed by ambulance to Nicosia general hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

Police and labour inspectors are investigating.