A 71-year-old foreign woman has been found dead in Marsalforn Valley, Gozo.

Informed sources said the grim discovery was made about 1.15pm.

The woman had been missing for three days. No further details were immediately available.

Members of the Civil Protection Department were called to lift the corpse from the scene, which was difficult to access.

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