The body of a man has been found today (22 September) on the beach of Vale Furado, in the municipality of Alcobaça, according to the National Maritime Authority (AMN), admitting that it could be the young Ukrainian national who disappeared at sea on Sunday.

The body was found following an alert received at 08:55 by the Pataias Volunteer Firefighters and, according to AMN, “everything indicates that it belongs to the young man, of Ukrainian nationality, who disappeared at sea on September 18, while swimming” on the beach of Vale Furado, in the municipality of Alcobaça, in the district of Leiria.