No Maltese people were injured this afternoon during an incident in Indonesia, in which a woman stubbed her toe against a table leg.
The woman, 32-year-old non-Maltese national Marshanda Sukarno, sustained the injury at 7pm at her home in the capital Jakarta, 10,911 km away from Malta.
It is believed the incident happened when the woman had just returned home from work. As she was leaving the living room to go to the kitchen, Ms Sukarno misjudged the distance between her right foot and the leg of a solid mahogany table, causing the former to slam into the latter at speed.
The ensuing impact caused her to experience a sharp pain, shortly followed by acute swelling and bruising soon after.
It is believed Ms Sukarno’s injuries are not life threatening. However, she admitted herself to a nearby community health centre with a suspected broken toe.
Shortly after the incident, Maltese Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela tweeted:
“With reference to the possible toe break in Jakarta, I have been informed that neither the victim nor the table are Maltese. Nor were there any Maltese people in the immediate area. None of the doctors on call at the health centre, or the taxi driver who drove her there, were Maltese, although a Dutch backpacker who had been admitted to the health centre with food poisoning had once contemplated coming to Malta.
“I wish the injured person well, even though she isn’t Maltese.”
