Man dies at Serbia music festival

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The fortress walls in Novi Sad where Anthony Fisk fell to his death

A 22-year-old man from London has died after falling from a fortress wall at a music festival in northern Serbia.

Anthony Fisk fell from Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad during the annual Exit music festival on Friday.

He died in hospital on Saturday, the Foreign Office said. His family is being given consular assistance.

Acts including Lily Allen, the Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Korn and Madness are performing at the festival, located north of Belgrade.

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Serbia following a fall at a music festival and we are providing consular assistance to the family."

Up to to 190,000 people are expected to attend the four-day festival, which is due to end on Sunday.

The Exit festival began in 2000 as a spontaneous student uprising against the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.

Organisers hoped it would persuade music fans to vote to find an "exit out of 10 years of madness".