Updated 8.35pm

A four-year-old girl was grievously injured on Saturday afternoon after the floor of a room she was caved in beneath her.

The incident happened at a home in Sliema on Triq San Vincenz shortly after 4pm, police said.

Police initially said that a wall have fallen at the home, but subsequently clarified that it was the floor of a room which had collapsed. 

She was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where she is receiving treatment.

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