Updated Friday 7.15 a.m.

Mario Agius, a 57-year-old photographer from Sliema, has died after he fell off a cliff into the sea while taking pictures of a wedding couple near Wied Iz-Zurrieq.

The incident happened at about 7.30 p.m.

Sources said he was taking pictures of the couple, and at one time even warned them not to go near the edge, when he suddenly slipped and fell a height of almost three storeys.

The groom dived to his assistance and the man was rescued and pulled onto a pleasure boat which happened to be close by.

He was taken to shore and rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

His injuries were found to be life threatening and he passed away during the night.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri-Herrera is holding an inquiry.

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