A patrol boat of the Armed Forces of Malta has recovered the corpse of a woman found in the sea off Xghajra, Zabbar.

The presence of the body was reported to the police at about 8 a.m.

The body was seen floating near  Wied Ghamieq and was taken on boat a patrol boat.

The woman is a 69-year-old from Marsa.  She did not appear to have been in the sea for a long time and had no signs of violence.

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