An 84-year-old woman from St Paul’s Bay died in the sea at Għadira Bay yesterday afternoon.

Swimmers spotted the woman floating face down in the water at about 2 p.m. Lifeguards pulled her out of the sea and administered cardio pulmonary resuscitation but she had already died, the police said.

A magisterial inquiry is under way.

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