They are also pursuing two criminal charges

Five people are being questioned by police in connection to the death of singer Liam Payne on Tuesday (16 October).

The 31-year-old passed away after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires and sustaining injuries ‘not compatible’ with life.

A statement by Alberto Crescenti, the head of the state emergency medical system, reads: “The alarm was raised at 5.04pm local time saying a person was lying in an internal patio at Casa Sur.

“At 5.11pm, an ambulance arrived and the man was certified dead.

“Afterwards, we found out he had been a famous singer. Unfortunately the injuries he had suffered as a result of the fall proved to be fatal. There was no possibility of resuscitating him.”

Payne had recently attended his former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert in the Argentinian city.

Prior to his death, authorities had been called to the hotel after being told there was a man who was acting aggressive and ‘could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.’

Staff at the hotel had expressed their concerns about his access to his room’s balcony, fearing he could easily fall over the 4ft glass railing.

In one of two phone calls, a panicked worker told emergency services: “We have a guest who’s off his head on drugs and is destroying everything in his room. We need someone to come.”