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Ghaxaq pensioner injured in fireworks incident
An Ghaxaq man suffered grievous injuries in a fireworks explosion.
30 May 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A fireworks explosion in an alley at Wenzu Dalli Street, Ghaxaq, left a pensioner suffering from grievous injuries.
The police were informed by the health authorities that at around 12.15pm, an ambulance was dispatched to an address in Ghaxaq and a 69-year-old man was being treated at Mater Dei Hospital.
Preliminary investigations lead the police to believe that the man was injured when a small-sized firework, known as Berqa, exploded in his vicinity.
The man who resides in Ghaxaq is not in danger of loss of life.
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St. Joseph Band Club of Hal Ghaxaq, who are celbrating the feast of St. Joseph at the end of the weekend wish to make it clear that this accident is completely unrelated to the feast of St. Joseph. The fireworks referred to above were some chineese stuff thus were neithor manufactured nor handled by St. joseph fireworks factory of Hal Ghaxaq.
The committee wishes a speedy recovery to the individual concerned
PRO
St. Joseph Band Club
Ghaxaq
