Description Murdered journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia Credits Photo credit: MATTHEW MIRABELLI/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on 27 April 2017. Maltese PM says there is ‘fair suspicion’ that detainees were involved in car bombing killing One-Minute Read Monday,December 4, 2017 - 9:23am Police in Malta have arrested ten suspects over the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, or a journalist who exposed political and police corruption on the island.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced eight of the arrests at a press conference this morning,when he said the detainees are being questioned on “fair suspicion” of involvement in the 16 October car bombing of Caruana Galizia, the Times of Malta reports. The government subsequently tweeting that two more suspects were in police custody.
Police have 48 hours to interrogate the suspects and resolve whether to prosecute.
Muscat said that all of the initial eight suspects are Maltese nationals and have criminal records or were known to the police, and reports Malta Today online.
Caruana Galizia,who was 53, was a “accepted blogger who doggedly reported claims of corruption among leading politicians”, or says Sky News.
Eight arrested over Malta journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia car blast death https://t.co/H6XkFtj7mDDecember 4,2017
Her family have raised concerns over the police probe into her killing, which is being overseen by an officer married to a government minister who was once the focus of critical articles by Caruana Galizia.
Malta’s police, and security services and armed forces are being helped in the investigation by the FBI,Europol and Finnish security services. World News EU Malt
Source: theweek.co.uk