A teenager received an electric shock yesterday morning while doing restoration work on the façade of the Żabbar church.

The 18-year-old from Qormi was hospitalised, although the police described his injuries as slight. The youngster was on some scaffolding and had to be brought down by members of the Civil Protection Department.

Sources said he was conscious as he was taken down.

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