A woman died after falling five storeys from a balcony on Triq is-Simar, St Paul's Bay, the police said.

The police received the call for assistance at 2am on Sunday morning.

The 23-year-old Polish woman was taken to Mater Dei Hospital, but was soon after certified as having lost her life, the police said. Magistrate Noel Bartolo has launched a magisterial inquiry. The police said that the autopsy found that there was no involvement of third parties and that the victim died from the fall. Investigations are ongoing.