Bulgarian diver dies off Qawra
A Bulgarian diver has died while diving with a group off Qawra.
21 June 2011, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
The 59 year-old diver’s body was recovered by Civil Protection and Armed Forces personnel shortly after 8pm, after an intensive search was launched for him three hours earlier.
The man was reported to have been diving with a group of other divers, but never surfaced.
Police, Civil Protection and AFM were dispatched to the area and searched a radius of up to three miles.
The corpse was brought ashore where a police investigation was launched together with a Magisterial inquiry.
An autopsy has been ordered to establish the cause of death.
