Open centre manager suffers slight injury in scuffle

A 20-year-old Somali national is being kept under arrest for assaulting the manager of the Ħal Far Open Centre with a stone.

The argument started between the Somali, one of the open centre employees and the manager. Police were told that the open centre resident struck the manager in the head with a stone.

The resident was arrested by police from the Rapid Intervention Unit and taken to Birżebbuġia Police Station for questioning.

The manager, 62, sought medical care at a polyclinic for the slight injury he incurred.