A 44-year-old man from Birzebbuga was injured in a fight in Sta Lucija late this afternoon.

It is understood that the fight, in a field close to the parish church in the area known as tal-Mucja, involved three people.

A number of shots were heard being fired but the injured man is believed to have been hit by a stone. He was hospitalised.

The police are investigating.

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