A British woman and an Australian man have tragically died
after falling from a 30m cliff at a seaside town in Portugal while
apparently taking a selfie together.
A man in his forties and a woman in her thirties, who
allegedly fell sometime between 1am and 6am, were
found by a council worker on Tuesday 12 June in Lisbon, reports Daily
Mail.
The head of rescue services, Rui Pereira da Terra, believes
the pair were on a wall overlooking a popular tourist beach when they lost their
balance and fell.
“Everything seems to indicate that the fall probably happened
when they were trying to take a selfie,” Pereira da Terra said.
“It seems they dropped their mobile phone and fell down while
leaning over to retrieve it.”
The Australian department of foreign affairs and trade
confirmed that an Australian national had died while the British Foreign Office also confirmed the death of one of their
citizens.
"The department of foreign affairs and trade is
providing consular assistance in accordance with the Consular Services Charter
to the family of an Australian who died in Portugal," the spokesperson
said.
“The department has been in contact with the British
Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the other person who died in the
incident."
The
Sydney Morning Herald reports that the two bodies have been taken to
the National Legal Medicine Institute in Lisbon for autopsies to be conducted.
Sources: metro.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, smh.com.au, abc.net.au
