A tourist has been killed after falling from a famous monument in Rome in front of his horrified daughter.

Morimasa Hibino, a Japanese national, lost his balance and is believed to have fallen roughly 22ft to his death last night at around 9:50pm local time. The 69-year-old plunged from the Pantheon's perimeter wall in the Italian capital while reportedly sat on the edge of the monument. Police were alerted to the tragedy when a priest who was passing by saw the man lying in a ditch, Italian newspapser la Repubblica reports. Emergency services and firefighters raced to the historic site, where a gate outside the landmark had to be forced open to reach the tourist. But despite their best efforts, the man was declared dead at the scene.

Officers are now investigating the circumstances

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