An 84-year-old woman drowned in Għadira Bay this afternoon.

Her body was noticed floating face-down by other bathers at about 2 p.m.

A lifeguard gave CPR to no avail and the woman, from St Paul's Bay, was declared dead on the scene. 

A Magisterial inquiry is under way. 

The incident came less than 24 hours after a 27-year-old Italian man drowned in a swimming pool in St Julians.

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