7 Jan, 2020 @ 08:00
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Mystery as body of female tourist found floating offshore on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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AN investigation has been launched after the body of a female tourist was found floating off Spain’s Costa del Sol yesterday. 

The 51-year-old Chinese-born holidaymaker had been reported missing on January 5 before being found in the breakwaters of a Benalmadena beach.

According to sources, the woman had been staying at hotel with her family in Torremolinos.

Emergency services were alerted to the body by a fisherman at around 9.10am.

He had been fishing in front of the Torrequebrada casino when he saw a body laying face down in the water.

Diving police from the Guardia Civil, Policia Nacional, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene.

The area was cordoned off while the body was pulled to shore before being taken to the Malaga forensic institute.

The woman was fully dressed.

Policia Nacional have taken over the investigation.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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