A 30-year-old man was found dead at the foot of a bastion in Valletta on Monday evening, the police said.

The man, who was from Birkirkara, is believed to have fallen from Hastings garden, which lies above the ditch.

In a statement on Tuesday, the police said that he was found dead in the ditch at around 6.15pm on Monday evening. 

Magistrate Elaine Mercieca is leading a magisterial inquiry into the case.

Just last month, police said that they would be investigating four people caught on camera taunting a man who stood above the ditch, contemplating dying by suicide. 

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