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| Investigative Blogger:Daphne Caruana Galizi, cowardly assassinated |
Deutsche Welle reported that the EU Commission has told Malta its investigation into the murder of
Daphne Caruana Galizia should leave "no stone unturned" as the funeral
of the journalist took place. Politicians she probed stayed away. tells Malta
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Friday of
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's best-known blogger
and journalist and a fierce critic of government and opposition
figures. The Mediterranean island observed a national day of mourning as
the ceremony took place in Mosta, a town close to the rural home where
her car was blown apart.
European Commission Vice President Frans
Timmermans said Europe's "eyes" were on authorities in Malta where
democracy was at stake after the "atrocious" car-bomb murder on October
16.
EU headquarters flew flags at half-mast in honor of Caruana
Galizia and "all those who have given their lives for the freedom of
speech." On Malta itself a day of national mourning had been declared.
In her last blogpost, published the day she died, Daphne Caruana Galizia signed off with a sentence that seems particularly chilling now.
“There are crooks everywhere you look. The situation is desperate.”
She believed, in essence, that malign and criminal interests had
captured Malta and turned it into an island mafia state; she reported on
a political system rife with corruption, businesses seemingly used to
launder money or pay bribes, and a criminal justice system that seemed
incapable, or unwilling, to take on the controlling minds behind it all.
EU headquarters flew flags at half-mast in honor of Caruana
Galizia and "all those who have given their lives for the freedom of
speech..
Note EU-Digest: May she rest in peace and may those who planned her assassination and those who placed the explosive device under her car be found and brought to justice.
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