Officials have released new details following One Direction star Liam Payne’s death.
Last night (16 October), reports surfaced that the 31-year-old singer had died in Buenos Aires, having been staying at the hotel CasaSur in Palermo.
Since then, Sky correspondent Daniel Henry has shared some of the details surrounding Payne's death.
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"The statements that we've got from the police and the ambulance service give us a little bit more detail about what happened," he says.
"The statement from the ambulance service, who went to attend the call, they say that they arrived there within six minutes of receiving the call.
"They say they found a person lying on the internal patio at Casa Sur, that's the hotel that they were staying in. They found the injuries that he had suffered as a result of the fall proved to be fatal. They say that there was no possibility of resuscitating him.
"There are also reports from people who had heard a loud bang in the courtyard shortly before a body was discovered.
"All of these details - very, very distressing for the family and friends of Liam Payne, who will be waking up this morning in disbelief that someone that they loved now is no longer with us."
Citing police statements, Henry shared that they had been called to the hotel after reports of 'an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol'.
"The autopsy obviously has not been completed yet, so at this stage, we don't know what, if anything, was in his system," he added.
"But as I say, the key thing here, just this loss of life; 31 years old, such a young age, and someone who is a father, leaving behind a young son."
Photos taken last night show fans outside the hotel CasaSur, having gathered behind the police cordon to pay tribute to the star.
Payne, who was born in Wolverhampton, rose to fame alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, forming One Direction together on The X Factor in 2010.
After becoming one of the biggest pop groups in the world with five albums and four world tours, the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.
A year later, Payne and ex-girlfriend Cheryl Tweedy (formerly Cole) welcomed a son named Bear, before their relationship ended in 2018.
He went on to release his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019 which included the singles 'Polaroid' and 'Familiar'.
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