Updated | Bone washed ashore 'is not human'

Forensic examinations have confirmed the bone that washed ashore in Torri l-Abjad does not belong to a human being but is a fish.

Earlier today, police sources told MaltaToday they were looking into the possibility that a human bone washed ashore may belong to Dani Grimaud. At one point, it was also reported it may have been a pelvic bone.

Grimaud, 14, was lost at sea off Gozo in May.

What appears to be a pelvic bone was washed ashore in the bay beneath it-Torri l-Abjad, limits of Mellieha.

In May, a group of five French tourists went missing in Gozo. The five tourists - Marie Grimaud, 38, Sandrine Gaudet, 36, Philippe Grimaud, 41, Elias Chnouni, 49 and Dani, 14 - were last seen on a small boat as they departed from Xlendi at about midnight.

A tireless search by the Armed Forces of Malta eventually led to the discovery of three of the five bodies. The bodies of two women were found in the sea off Fomm ir-Rih while a third body was later found off Comino.

The bodies of Dani and his father, Philippe, were never found.

It was a Sunday evening when the French group, who were sailing on board the El Pirata, went out for dinner in Xlendi, leaving behind the skipper, Spanish Juan Carlos Montes.

The five individuals had embarked aboard the yacht's 4 meter tender and made their way towards Xlendi Bay to have dinner in one of the restaurants. They were celebrating Chnouni's birthday.

Investigations conducted by the Police in Xlendi confirmed they had dined at one of the restaurants there and were observed leaving Xlendi at around midnight.

However, the French nationals never returned to the El Pirata. Montes initially tried searching for the group himself before reporting their disappearance to the police.