A man was airlifted to hospital from the vicinity of the Victoria Heights Valley, limits of Madliena, after he slipped and fell yesterday morning.

Johann Sant, 30, was hunting at the time, the police said.

He fractured his hand and leg in the fall and had to be airlifted by an Italian military mission helicopter which flew him to Mater Dei Hospital.

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