An argument at the Valletta bus terminus on Saturday morning became aggravated when two men pulled out knives, Times of Malta has learned.
The incident occurred at around 9.30 am as commuters were waiting at bus stops and resting at the snack bars around the terminus.
Eyewitnesses said the commotion began when a young woman in a red tracksuit began angrily walking from City Gate towards St James Ditch, shouting and swearing, as personal possessions started to fall out of her pockets.
She was met by a man and an older woman, who attempted to placate her.
Shortly after this, another man appeared and began walking after the woman, shouting obscenities and insulting her, which in turn incited the woman to walk back toward him and return the verbal abuse.
Things came to a head when the man and the woman collided and began to hit each other, eyewitnesses said, as the woman shouted “go away and leave me alone” at him.
It was only when the man, dressed in white, turned his back to them that witnesses realised he was concealing a pocket knife on the inside of his wrist.
When the man flicked the knife open, the woman’s male companion put his left arm around her neck and pulled her away.
