Body washed ashore in Buġibba is of 73-year-old woman from Mosta

A woman’s lifeless body washed ashore at Bugibba earlier on Tuesday, which the police have identified as being that of a 73-year-old from Mosta.

Police said in a statement that the body was sighted at around 2:00 pm along the Buġibba coastline.

A medical team from Mater Dei Hospital certified the woman dead on site.

Magistrate Marseanne Farrugia is conducting an inquiry into the case and the district police are investigating.