A 32-year-old man from Bangladesh was seriously injured after he fell a considerable height at a construction site in Depiro Street in Sliema at 8.15am.

The man resides in Gżira, the police said.

He has been hospitalised for treatment - while investigations remain under way.

Just two hours later, a 29-year-old Somali man was also seriously injured after he was hit by falling bricks at a plant in Pembroke.

The police gave no other details of the accident.

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