The body of a diver was found Tuesday off Dunkirk (North) "at the foot" of a wreck, we learned this Friday from a judicial source. The victim is said to be a Belgian national who has disappeared since September after a leisure trip.
The body "could correspond to that of this lady" but we must wait for the results in the coming days of the autopsy and DNA samples for a "formal" identification, said the Dunkirk prosecutor's office, confirming information from the Voice of North .
A couple of Belgian divers missing since September
In September, a couple of Belgian divers had disappeared during a sea trip. According to the Voix du Nord , they left Nieuport (Belgium) to explore a wreck lying 35 meters deep, at the limit of Belgian territorial waters. and French. Investigators from the French maritime gendarmerie do not yet know why they could not come to the surface.
The body of the diver has not yet been found. Once the identity of the diver is confirmed, the Dunkirk prosecution may relinquish jurisdiction in favor of the Bruges prosecution.
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A diver dies during an excursion off La Rochelle
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70-year-old woman dies just before going diving in Frontignan
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