Malta captain André Schembri told
ANSA Friday he had not slept for three nights after the murder
of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and had not
celebrated his goal in Apollon Limassol's 3-1 Champions League
defeat to Atalanta because "when I scored it came naturally to
think of the freedom of a journalist and the life of the mother
of three children".
"Malta is Europe, it isn't the third world," said Schembri in
explaining his gesture after scoring the first Maltese goal in a
European club competition.
"We must be united on such a death, to say that we're better
than all this."
The Panama Papers exposé journalist died in a car bombing
Monday.
Caruana Galizia, whose hugely popular blog attacked
high-level corruption, shady business dealings and organised
crime on the island, exposed connections between Prime Minister
Jospeh Muscat's wife and members of his government to offshore
shell companies in Panama.
The Muscats have denied the allegations.
Caruana Galizia also criticised senior figures in the Maltese
opposition.
Pope Francis wrote a letter of condolences to Malta
Archbishop Charles Scicluna Friday.
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