Lorena Letizzja, a 17-year-old Croatian, is being treated at Mater Dei Hospital after suffering a spinal injury in Comino.

The Armed Forces of Malta said the girl was injured late in the afternoon while diving off some rocks into the sea.

She was airlifted by an AFM rescue helicopter for urgent medical treatment.

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