A 37-year-old man from Zejtun underwent an emergency operation last night after having been stabbed during an argument in Zejtun, the police said.

The police said the man appeared to have been involved in an argument with another man, aged 31 (not 19, as previously reported by the police), also from Fgura. The latter is still on the run. The incident happened close to midnight.

The victim was for some time in danger of dying but his condition is now stable.

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