Assassins killed Panama Papers journalist with text message bomb

[GennGreymane]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.3680600

The assassins who killed Panama Papers journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia used a fatal text message sent from a boat out at sea, according to a report.

Authorities on the Mediterranean island of Malta arrested ten people for the explosion last month that killed the lauded 53-year-old blogger known for her criticism of the government.

Three have now been charged, with a report in Malta Today on Wednesday revealing details of the investigation, including how they allegedly set off the powerful bomb on her car.

Brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, 54 and 52, were joined by Vincent Muscat, 55, in the reported scheme, which involved an electronic device attached the explosive that was put on the vehicle the morning of the blast.

George Digeorgio, stationed on a boat out at sea, is alleged to have sent the text message to the device that triggered the killing after receiving a signal from his brother, Malta Today reported.

Seven other men, all of them Maltese, were released on bail as authorities continue the investigation into those already charged, who all have previous criminal records.

Galizia's family has repeatedly questioned the independence of the investigation by authorities, who were often the target of her blog.

The slain journalist was most famous for using information in the Panama Papers leaks to allege illicit activity between the inner circle of Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the ruling family of Azerbaijan.

Reports after her death said the explosive Semtex was used in the bomb, prompting speculation that the weapon came from somewhere other than the island off the coast of Sicily.

Sources close to the investigation told multiple news outlets on Wednesday that the explosive was instead TNT.

Prosecutors have not released a motive for the killing.

[Kalis]

These are low level criminal hit men, the people that authorised the hit are likely to be in the Maltese government or opposition, or both.

What stinks is that she was exposing corruption of senior politicians in an EU member state, which held the EU presidency earlier this year, and her only way of getting the information to the public was a column in a local paper and her blog, the mainstream media didn’t give a fuck about her until she was assassinated, then they praised how brave she was. Too little, too late.

She showed that the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, is as corrupt as fuck and yet the EU let him head up their presidency.

[Independent voter]

Putin is still mad about his $2 billion dollars in the Panamanian bank account being revealed. I think the Russians would've used radioactive polonium though so it might not be Putin.

What amazed me is the tiny amount of fallout for such a big leak.

[Garnier Fructis]

Who gives a shit about the assassins, they need to bring down the big criminals that ordered it.

[Kalis]

Putin is still mad about his $2 billion dollars in the Panamanian bank account being revealed. I think the Russians would've used radioactive polonium though so it might not be Putin.

What amazed me is the tiny amount of fallout for such a big leak.

As far as I am aware she was primarily exposing Maltese people involved, notably the Prime Minister and leader of the opposition, so Putin wouldn’t have given a shit.