Update – 12pm: The Northern Ireland football fan who died after a fall in France was Darren Rodgers from Ballymena, sources said.
The victim, 25, toppled eight metres (26ft) over a barrier from a promenade onto a hard pebble beach in the south coast city of Nice at around 2am this morning, police said.
It is understood the man was on his own at the time.
A bunch of flowers was tied to blue railings near the spot.
A message read: “RIP were man xxx. Thoughts and prayers with your family and friends. Ballymacarrett Northern Ireland supporters Club.”
A section of straw roof under the barriers was missing, and part of a plastic roof was damaged.
Fans have also pinned a Northern Ireland banner to the railings.
Earlier: A Northern Ireland fan has died in France, French police have said.
Authorities there said he died after falling from a promenade in Nice.
It is understood the 24-year-old fell from a walkway onto a rocky beach last night.
A local police officer said: “Investigators suspect an accidental death.”
A French National Police spokesman said: “It seems it was drink. He was walking and went over the barrier, because he was drinking he crossed the barrier and fell eight metres.”
The police spokesman said the accident happened at around 2am on Monday, in the aftermath of the game.
He said the victim’s name has not yet been released.
Northern Ireland player Gareth McAuley tweeted: “You think things are bad then learn one of your own loses his life last night. Thoughts with family and friends.”
You think things are bad then learn one of your own loses his life last night. Thoughts with family and friends 🙏. #GAWA #family
— Gareth McAuley (@G23mcauley) June 13, 2016
Midfielder Steven Davis tweeted: “So sad to wake up to the tragic news that a Northern Ireland fan has died in Nice, thoughts with his family and friends.”
So sad to wake up to the tragic news that a Northern Ireland fan has died in Nice, thoughts with his family and friends.
— Steven Davis (@StevenDavis8) June 13, 2016
Nice’s Promenade des Anglais is famed as a landmark of the city and runs for some four miles. Below it lies a rocky pebble beach.
It is a popular walking and cycling route and was thronged with supporters returning from the match on Sunday night.
Many of the fans had congregated around the area of the Place Massena in the old part of the city.
A Police Service of Northern Ireland spokesman said: “We are aware that a man from Northern Ireland aged in his 20s has died in Nice, France, this morning. There are no further details of the actual incident that the PSNI can confirm.
“As this occurred in France, this is a matter for the French authorities.”
Supt Nigel Goddard told the BBC: “I believe it was an accident, is the information I have. It was not in any way disorder-related.
“So obviously it is a personal tragedy.
“It was the early hours of the morning and this gentleman was on his own and seems to have fallen.
“It was an accident as opposed to any violence.”
He added: “It is quite a fall from the promenade on to the rocky beach.”
He said Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials are contacting the man’s family.
