The police are holding several people in connection with the death of Renzo Borg, aged 31 from Birkirkara who was found suffering gunshot wounds in Xemxija last night.
The incident is thought to have happened at about 11.30 p.m. The man died in hospital. The police are at this stage treating the case as murder.
The duty magistrate is holding an inquiry.
In a separate case, a 23-year-old migrant suffered serious blows (not a knife wound as previously reported) last night in what appears to have been an argument with another migrant.
The case happened at the open centre at Hal Far. The man suffered leg and hand injuries which are not life-threatening.