Human skull found on seabed

A diver got the shock of his life yesterday morning when he spotted a human skull on the seabed off Bahar ic-Caghaq. The 59-year-old diver from Naxxar was diving for urchins in the area known as is-Sikka s-Safra at about 9 a.m. The skull was brought...

A diver got the shock of his life yesterday morning when he spotted a human skull on the seabed off Bahar ic-Caghaq.

The 59-year-old diver from Naxxar was diving for urchins in the area known as is-Sikka s-Safra at about 9 a.m. The skull was brought ashore by Civil Protection Department divers.

Last month a headless corpse in an advanced state of decomposition, possibly of an illegal immigrant, was found on the shore in the same area.

DNA tests will now be carried out.

Duty Magistrate Abigail Lofaro appointed several experts to assist in an inquiry.

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