Young man dies after falling from a height while fleeing from police at a Marbella school

A 25-year-old man who was admitted in a critical condition to the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella has died after falling from a height of several metres in the early hours of Thursday morning. He was apparently trying to flee from police officers at the Santa Teresa public school after he noticed their presence, according to sources consulted by SUR.

The incident happend at around 4.45am on Thursday 23 January, when the Local Police force received a call from the school's security company after an alarm went off in the building. Officers saw flickering lights inside the building, similar to those of a torch, and an individual dressed in black on the first floor, according to municipal sources.

The suspect, on noticing the police presence, tried to find an alternative route to escape. Everything suggests that he tried to climb down a lamp fitting, which ended up coming loose, causing the young man to fall.

Officers found the young man from Kazakhstan lying on the ground next to the broken glass from the light and a bag allegeldy containing two of the centre's computers. The police patrol immediately called for an ambulance, which went to the scene and rushed the young man to hospital, where he remained in a "critical" condition after suffering a traumatic brain injury, until he died on Friday afternoon, health sources said.