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WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post WEDNESDAY • 27 JULY 2016 • ISSUE 479 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY PG 9 • Editorial Body of missing German teenager found in Dingli MARTINA BORG JEANELLE MIFSUD RELATIVES have confirmed that the corpse found yesterday morning at Dingli Cliffs, is that of the missing German teenager Mike Mansholt, who went miss- ing just days ago. A body and a bicycle were found in the limits of Dingli following a search operation by local police and volunteers. The body of the 17-year-old was found 10 storeys below street level and in a state of decomposi- tion, and the bicycle was found a few metres further up. The discovery was made min- utes after the family gave a press conference to appeal for more help in private searches to find Mike. Mansholt's father was taken to the site shortly after the discov- ery. The teenager, who was reported missing last week, was described as an experienced traveller. He has been missing since 18 July, and had travelled to Malta on holiday on 8 July with the express aim to visit a number of sites and enjoy extensive outdoor activi- ties. Mansholt failed to catch his flight back home to Germany on 22 July, and was last seen online on 18 July at 10.11am. The Mansholt family issued a statement to thank the police and everyone who participated in the searches, to those who shared social media posts and to those who gave their support in the last few days. "We are devastated Mike has been taken from us so soon. Mike was our beloved brother, son, boyfriend. He was a big per- sonality with big plans for life. His adventurous spirit will live on in our hearts," they said. "We take some comfort from the fact he died doing something he loved as he explored this beautiful island." PAGE 5 PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW TABONE/MEDIA.LINK Mike Mansholt's father identified his son's body in Dingli Labour to include euthanasia in electoral programme if no consensus is found JURGEN BALZAN THE Labour Party is prepared to include euthanasia in its electoral programme for the next general election if no wide consensus is reached in this legislature, ASL sufferer Joe Magro told MaltaTo- day. The debate on euthanasia, which remains one of the last taboo sub- jects in a largely conservative society, intensified following an interview carried by MaltaToday with Joe Magro in February. Calling for the introduction of euthanasia he said "I will live as long as I can but once it gets to a point where I cannot live life in dignity I will commit suicide." After appearing before the Par- liamentary family affairs com- mittee two weeks ago, Magro will now make his case to the Labour parliamentary group on 11 Au- gust. Magro was diagnosed a year ago with ALS, the deadly neurodegen- erative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord, and has since been actively campaigning for the introduc- tion of euthanasia, which he says would allow him to live in dignity. "I am aware that Labour MPs have differing views on euthana- sia but I am pleased that my re- quest was accepted," Magro said, adding that senior ministers told him that if no wide consensus is reached among legislators, includ- ing the opposition, Labour would include euthanasia in its electoral manifesto for the next election. PAGE 6 Labour Party parliamentary group to meet ASL sufferer Joe Magro, who is campaigning for the introduction of euthanasia. PN yet to decide whether to meet him