A Bulgarian man is believed to have drowned after his body was found at the bottom of a communal swimming pool in Qawra yesterday.

The police were informed at around 6.30am yesterday morning that a body lay in a pool of an apartment block in Triq Għawdex. The victim was later identified as 31-year-old Stoyan Gerdzhiko.

Police sources said that Mr Gerdzhiko was believed to have jumped into the pool when he arrived at the flats on Sunday evening.

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