A skin diver reported missing yesterday has been found dead in Paradise Bay.

The body was found on the surface by the AFM at about 7 a.m. Frank Baldacchino, 43, was reported missing yesterday afternoon.

The AFM had deployed a helicopter, a patrol boat and divers on the search shortly after the diver was reported missing by his family late yesterday afternoon.

The diver's boat was quickly located in Paradise Bay. He had left from St Paul's Bay yesterday morning.

A Magisterial inquiry is being held.

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