The boy is understood to have fallen from an open corridor window in the hotel
A three-year-old boy fell to his death from a fourth-floor balcony in Cyprus as his dad was arrested.
The tragic incident took place near the near Chloraka area in the coastal city of Paphos on Sunday evening.
His dad has been arrested and will be remanded in custody for eight days.
The 37-year-old who was arrested was brought before a court which began shortly before 11am.
However, the court session was briefly interrupted as the father burst into tears, local media reports.
The incident reportedly took place on when the family walked out the lift to go down from the fourth floor to the ground floor for dinner.
When he was there, the father, who was allegedly playing with the child, did not notice the window in the hallway was open.
Adding to the tragedy, the whole incident played out in front of the child's grandfather.
Local police received initial reports of the shocking ordeal at around 6.40pm yesterday.
The boy is said to have landed on the hotel’s main veranda and did not respond to paramedics.
Emergency services rushed the child to Paphos General Hospital.
He was found dead in the hotel garden after the 33ft plunge.
The boy tragically leaves behind a five-year-old sister, who is also with them on holiday.
He faces charges of causing death by a reckless, negligent or dangerous act, neglect of duty as the head of a family, and failing in his responsibility as a person having care of another.
An investigation has been launched by Cypriot Police into the circumstances of the deadly fall.
The scene remains cordoned off while the fatal fall is investigated.
