The 38-year-old man from Marsa who was found dead at a residence in Racecourse Street, Marsa on Sunday morning died of broncopneumonia, a post mortem examination at Mater Dei Hospital mortuary showed.

The police said, however, that further toxicological tests are to be carried out on tissue lifted during the autopsy.

Normally these tests are done when it is suspected that the victim may have taken a drug overdose.

The police did not give any more details, other than that the man was certified dead on site.

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