Updated at 10.30am

A teenager was found dead on the seabed at St Peter’s Pool on Wednesday morning.

The 17-year-old Spanish national was walking with friends but disappeared at around 7.30pm on Tuesday.

His friends filed a report with the police who immediately embarked on a search which was stopped during the night and resumed early this morning.

The Armed Forces of Malta informed the police that a lifeless body was spotted on the seabed at 8am.

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit is holding an inquiry.

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