A Bulgarian man was seriously injured after he was hit several times in the stomach with a metal pipe in Paceville early yesterday morning.

Nikolai Genovsky, 25, who lives in St Julians, was injured in an argument with another man at about 5 a.m., sources said.

He was found injured in Ball Street, St Julians by the police.

The police believe an argument broke out between the Bulgarian man and a Maltese national, suspected to be a driver, who hit the man and drove away.

The man was taken to ­hospital.

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