A 33-year-old man from St Paul’s Bay was grievously injured during a fight in a house on Tower Street early yesterday morning.

The police said in a statement that a Nigerian man attacked a 26-year-old Nigerian woman, who is a Ħal Far resident.

The woman allegedly in­jured her aggressor while defending herself.

When the man was brought under control, he was taken to the Mosta Health Centre for treatment, the police said. He was kept under arrest.

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