A man was hospitalised after being seriously injured when hit on the head in his home in Xemxija on Thursday afternoon.

Officers found the man outside the residence at about 3.30pm.

The police said they were investigating the circumstances leading to the assault amid claims that the man was injured when he foiled a burglary possibly involving two persons. 

The would-be burglars ran away but the police later made two arrests.

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