The police are investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a Ukrainian woman found in a shaft this morning.

The grim discovery was made at about 7.30 a.m. The woman was found in the lift shaft of a block of flats in Perellos Street, St Paul's Bay.

She was lifted out by members of the Civil Protection Department.

Foul play has not been ruled out.

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