A two-year-old boy was seriously injured when he fell from a window on Tuesday morning, the police said.

He fell a height of one-and-a-half storeys in  Triq ir-Rattan, Mellieħa.  The accident happened at 10.30am.

The child was given first aid on the scene and then rushed to hospital where he was found to have suffered serious injuries. Magistrate Nadine Lia is holding an inquiry.

In a separate accident, a 54-year-old man was injured when he fell off a ladder at Campus Hub in Msida, next to the university, on Tuesday morning.

The police said the man was seriously injured.

Correction: A previous version of this article said the man was injured at the university.

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