Malta’s best known investigative journalist,Daphne Caruana Galizia has been killed in a car bomb near her home. <br /><br />The powerful explosive device destroyed her Peugeot 108, throwing debris into a nearby field.<br /><br />Fifty-three-year-old Caruana Galizia was famous for leading the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta. She also ran a hugely popular blog in which she relentlessly focused on cases of alleged high-level corruption targeting politicians from across party lines.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tragic and shocking news from Malta with Daphne Caruana Galizia killed. ICIJ condemns violence against journalists. https://t.co/uhJP7WfWsl pic.twitter.com/bujHIT2QSH— ICIJ (@ICIJorg) October 16, 2017<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who faced accusations of wrong-doing by Caruana Galizia earlier this year has denounced her killing, calling it a “barbaric attack on press freedom.<br /><br />He has also said the FBI is helping to investigate her murder.<br /><br />Muscat sued Caruana Galizia after she accused his wife of being the owner of a company in Panama, and that large sums of money had been moved between the company and bank accounts in Azerbaijan.<br /><br />Both Muscat and his wife denied the accusations.<br /><br />Vigil for murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia gets under way in #Malta pic.twitter.com/ooq0UecDP2— Jacob Borg (@BorgJake) October 16, 2017<br />
