A body in an advanced state of decomposition was recovered from the sea below Fort St Elmo early on Wednesday morning.

The operation was conducted by the armed forces in heavy seas.

Identification was not immediately possible and an autopsy is expected to be held.

Last month,  a 42-year-old man from Finland was lost at sea in the area and intensive efforts to find him were unsuccessful. 

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