An 80-year-old French woman died this afternoon when she slipped and fell as she walked in shallow water at tal-Għazzelin in St Paul's Bay.

The incident happened just before 4 p.m.

The woman was accompanied by her five-year-old grandson. 

A Magisterial inquiry is under way.

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