A man identified as the French climber Remi Lucidi has been found dead in Hong Kong and is believed to have fallen from a high-rise building while attempting a stunt.
Police said the body of a 30-year-old man believed to have engaged in extreme sports was found on a patio of an apartment block in the city’s Mid-Levels area. He was named in local media as Lucidi, who had gained a large social media following under the name “Remi Enigma” as he posted photographs from tall structures around the world.
Hong Kong police said that after an initial investigation they believed the man had fallen from a ledge. No suicide note was found at the scene.
The man had entered the apartment block telling security he was visiting a friend on the 40th floor, but instead took the elevator to the 49th and then accessed stairwells on the top floor.
Police said he knocked on the window of a penthouse apartment on the 68th floor at about 7.30pm local time (1230 BST) on Thursday, asking to be let in. A domestic worker inside told police she had been suspicious and ignored him, and he had eventually moved away.
Police later received a call from security about a gas leak, but when they arrived they found the man’s body outside the building, his fall appearing to have broken a gas pipe.
Officers discovered a French identification card on his person, as well as a sport camera with older footage of some extreme sports.
Supporters mourned him on social media. Lucidi last posted a photo of Hong Kong’s night view a week ago on Instagram and tagged the location as Times Square in the Causeway Bay shopping district.
