Police confirmed that eight-year-old Khyl Agius Bonavia and his mother, Lorraine Bonavia, had been found after public appeals for information. The boy had last been reported seen with his mother in Mosta Square. Police had appealed for help locating him on 9 July, following an earlier request concerning the mother. The brief update did not disclose their location or further personal circumstances. Authorities closed the missing-person appeal once both were located, ending public uncertainty about the child’s immediate whereabouts.

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