A 21-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged stabbing of another man in Marsa on Wednesday afternoon.

Police said in a statement that a 28-year-old man from Zebbug had walked into the Hamrun police station and alleged that he had been assaulted by a man with a pointed weapon in Triq Nicolo Isouard in Marsa.

Police asked for medical assistance for the man, and he was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance where he was certified as suffering from grievous injuries.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man who lives in Marsa in connection with the case. 

He was taken to the closest health centre because he had also suffered injuries from the argument.  There he was certified as suffering from light injuries.

The 21-year-old is being held at the police’s lock-up in Floriana and is expected to be charged in court in the coming days.

Investigations are ongoing.