AN Edinburgh tourist has been killed while on holiday in Florida.

 

It is believed the 22-year-old man died after suffering blunt force trauma to the head in Miami.

He had been visiting Florida with two friends for the Ultra dance music festival.

The victim was reportedly named locally as Private Shaun Cole, a soldier who had completed two tours of Afghanistan.

He had returned from a tour of Sierra Leone last month with the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, supporting the fight against Ebola.

His body was found on a Miami street by an early-morning shopper on Sunday morning.

Police have said they are not ruling out murder.