Overview
- Emergency services were alerted shortly after 1pm on Monday, launching searches by helicopter and dinghies at Ramla Bay on Gozo.
- The child was pulled from the water, treated at the scene, and taken to Gozo General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Authorities say a 37-year-old British man who vanished at the same time remains unaccounted for as searches continued into Wednesday.
- The Armed Forces of Malta, the Civil Protection Department, police and volunteer first-aiders are involved in the ongoing effort.
- Meteorological warnings for strong northwest winds were in place at the time, though any link to the incident has not been established, and local reports count this as Malta’s 16th drowning of 2025.