The lifeless body of a 36-year-old man was found this morning in Lion Street, Cospicua, the police said.

The grim discovery was made at about 4 a.m. A doctor certified that the man, who is from Cospicua, was dead on the scene.

Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona is holding an inquiry.

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