A man is in critical condition after he was stabbed following an argument involving a number of people in Swieqi, the police said.
The man, a foreign national, was stabbed with a sharp instrument.
A towel and a shoe belonging to the victim were found on the blood-stained pavement. The incident took place in Triq il-Keffa at 8am.
Police are investigating and a magisterial inquiry has been ordered.