British man dies after falling in the sea while posing for pictures

Faerez Bagna, 27, was posing on the Promenade in Nice, France, when he toppled into the water and suffered a cardiac arrest.

A British man has died after falling into the sea while posing for a photograph.

Faerez Bagna, 27, was posing on the Promenade in Nice, France, when he toppled into the water and suffered a cardiac arrest.

He drowned in the sea off the beach of Carras.

His family, who say they were not informed of his death for two weeks, are now desperately fundraising to bring his body home and pay for his funeral.

A GoFundMe page has been started by the family and has so far raised £5,497.

His sister Mella Sanders, said: ‘On the October 13 we received horrific news via text, unsympathetically stating that our Brother had drowned in the sea of Nice.

‘We later found out that he had died two weeks before hand on the September 29.

‘We still don’t know the full story and are piecing together most of it from what we can find online.

‘This is absolutely devastating, more so than it needs to be.’

She added: ‘All we long for is to find out what happened, and to bring him home so his family and friends can mourn him properly.

‘And he can rest in peace surrounded by his loved ones, not in different country, all alone.

‘All who met Faerez will know how loving, passionate and caring he was about every single thing he did in his life.

‘There wasn’t a moment that he wasn’t there for people.

‘Now is our time to be there for him.’

Faerez lived in Kensington, west London.

Local news website France Bleu have reported: ‘The firefighters were alerted this Sunday at 2.50pm to rescue a man in difficulty.’

They said he fell into the water for reasons that aren’t yet clear.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that the family had not sought consular assistance.