The Armed Forces of Malta said that this afternoon, at 3.30pm, Mater Dei Hospital informed the AFM’s Ops Centre at Luqq Barracks that a young tourist required evacuation from Comino, having sustained an injury to her back following a dive into the sea.

The casualty, French 15-year old girl Claire Chiedin (presently residing in Qawra) was evacuated from Comino by the Maritime Squadron’s Gozo-based Bremse-class patrol boat, P-32, with the assistance of a Transport Malta dinghy As in previous cases these last two weeks, she was landed at Marfa quay to an awaiting ambulance, and then conveyed immediately to hospital for treatment.

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