Woman dies in sea off Paphos

A 68-year-old woman who was found floating unconscious on Wednesday morning in the sea off Kato Paphos has died, police said.

Russian Roza Tsamoulidou, a permanent resident of Anavargos village in Paphos, was found floating unconscious in the sea at around 7.30am.

She was brought out to the shore by lifeguards of a nearby hotel and given first aid.

She was transferred to the Paphos general hospital but doctors were unable to resuscitate her.

A post mortem is to be carried out on Thursday morning.