A 12-year-old foreign boy who is resident in Malta suffered serious back injuries while diving off Comino this afternoon.

The boy was carried to a nearby yacht from where he was transferred to an AFM patrol boat and taken to hospital in Gozo.

The incident happened at about 2.30 p.m.  

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