<p>Wikileaks chief Julian Assange has announced a reward of Euro 20,000 for<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/she-was-murdered-for-exposing-corruption-says-son-of-maltese-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia-22555"> information about the killing of Maltese Panama Papers</a> journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after a car bomb explosion on Monday.</p>

<p>Her son, Mathew Caruana Galizia,<a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/pakistan-court-defers-indictment-of-nawaz-sharif-in-panama-papers-case-22383"> also an investigative journalist took to social media</a> to attack the &quot;crooks&quot; of Malta, calling it a &quot;mafia-run state&quot;.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Outraged to hear that Maltese investigative journalist+blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia has been murdered this afternoon not far from her home with a car bomb. I issue a &euro;20k reward for information leading to the conviction of her killers. Her blog: <a href="https://t.co/XQCEXBKYn3">https://t.co/XQCEXBKYn3</a> <a href="https://t.co/ITHlBRzr0J">pic.twitter.com/ITHlBRzr0J</a></p>
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<p>The slain 53-year-old investigative journalist&#39;s body parts were found strewn around the car that was fitted with a bomb.</p>

<p>In an emotional Facebook post, Galizia&#39;s son, wrote about his futile attempts to rescue his mother from the car that was like an &quot;inferno in the field&quot;, &quot;screaming at two policemen who turned up with one fire extinguisher to douse the flames&quot;.</p>

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<p>&quot;My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists. But she was also targeted because she was the only person doing so. This is what happens when the institutions of the state are incapacitated: the last person left standing is often a journalist. Which makes her the first person left dead,&quot; Galizia&#39;s son wrote.</p>

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<p>Called a &quot;one-woman WikiLeaks&quot;, Daphne Galizia&#39;s latest stories exposed connections between international accounts linked with corruption cases and the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat. She had worked deeply with data from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists&#39; Panama Papers investigation.</p>

<p>Her son is also an ICIJ journalist and investigated the Panama Papers as a part of the Pulitzer Award-winning team.&nbsp;</p>

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Her son, Mathew Caruana Galizia, also an investigative journalist took to social media to attack the "crooks" of Malta, calling it a "mafia-run state".? ?

Wikileaks chief Julian Assange has announced a reward of Euro 20,000 for information about the killing of Maltese Panama Papers journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after a car bomb explosion on Monday. Her son, Mathew Caruana Galizia, also an investigative journalist took to social media to attack the "crooks" of Malta, calling it a "mafia-run state". Outraged to hear that Maltese investigative journalist+blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia has been murdered this afternoon not far from her home with a car bomb. I issue a €20k reward for information leading to the conviction of her killers. Her blog: https://t.co/XQCEXBKYn3 pic.twitter.com/ITHlBRzr0J — Julian Assange ?? (@JulianAssange) October 16, 2017 × The slain 53-year-old investigative journalist's body parts were found strewn around the car that was fitted with a bomb. In an emotional Facebook post, Galizia's son, wrote about his futile attempts to rescue his mother from the car that was like an "inferno in the field", "screaming at two policemen who turned up with one fire extinguisher to douse the flames". × "My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists. But she was also targeted because she was the only person doing so. This is what happens when the institutions of the state are incapacitated: the last person left standing is often a journalist. Which makes her the first person left dead," Galizia's son wrote. × × Called a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Daphne Galizia's latest stories exposed connections between international accounts linked with corruption cases and the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat. She had worked deeply with data from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Panama Papers investigation. Her son is also an ICIJ journalist and investigated the Panama Papers as a part of the Pulitzer Award-winning team.

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<p>The son of Malta&#39;s best-known investigative journalist said on Tuesday <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/car-bomb-kills-journalist-who-led-panama-papers-investigation-in-malta-22520" target="_blank">his mother was killed by a car bomb because of her work</a> exposing political corruption.</p>

<p>Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote about graft across Malta&#39;s political divides on her blog, was murdered on Monday soon after she left her home in the north of the island.</p>

<p>&quot;My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists,&quot; Matthew Caruana Galizia said on Facebook.</p>

<p>&quot;She was also targeted because she was the only person doing so,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>He described rushing to the scene after hearing the news, only to find the burning car and her remains.</p>

<p>The explosion, which blasted the car off the road into a field near the village of Bidnija, stunned the small Mediterranean island. Authorities said it was the first murder of a journalist there.</p>

<p>Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and opposition leader Adrian Delia - who had both been criticised on her blog - both condemned the killing. Around 3,000 people held a silent, candle-lit vigil on Monday night in Sliema, just outside the capital Valletta.</p>

<p>&quot;Today, this is undoubtedly a dark and sad, sad, sad, sad day for Malta,&quot; said family friend Luke Frendo.</p>

<p>&quot;I think Daphne was not only a journalist and an absolutely fearless human being but the fourth pillar of our democracy,&quot; Frendo told Reuters Television.</p>

<p>Maltese authorities were awaiting the arrival of Dutch forensic experts and American FBI agents on Tuesday to help the investigations.</p>

<p>A tent was erected over her burnt-out car and sheets placed over her remains.</p>

<p>&quot;Everyone knows Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of mine, both politically and personally, but nobody can justify this barbaric act in any way,&quot; said Prime Minister Muscat, who had been suing her over some of her allegations.</p>

<p>Opposition leader Adrian Delia called her killing an attack on democracy and freedom of expression and demanded an independent inquiry.</p>

<p>&quot;We will not accept an investigation by the Commissioner of Police, the Army commander or the duty magistrate, all of whom were criticised by Caruana Galizia,&quot; he said on Monday.</p>

<p>Half an hour before the explosion tore into her car, Galizia wrote on her blog: &quot;There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.&quot;</p>


Matthew Caruana Galizia said on Facebook that she (Daphne Caruana Galizia) was also targeted because she was the only person doing so

The son of Malta's best-known investigative journalist said on Tuesday his mother was killed by a car bomb because of her work exposing political corruption. Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote about graft across Malta's political divides on her blog, was murdered on Monday soon after she left her home in the north of the island. "My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists," Matthew Caruana Galizia said on Facebook. "She was also targeted because she was the only person doing so," he added. He described rushing to the scene after hearing the news, only to find the burning car and her remains. The explosion, which blasted the car off the road into a field near the village of Bidnija, stunned the small Mediterranean island. Authorities said it was the first murder of a journalist there. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and opposition leader Adrian Delia - who had both been criticised on her blog - both condemned the killing. Around 3,000 people held a silent, candle-lit vigil on Monday night in Sliema, just outside the capital Valletta. "Today, this is undoubtedly a dark and sad, sad, sad, sad day for Malta," said family friend Luke Frendo. "I think Daphne was not only a journalist and an absolutely fearless human being but the fourth pillar of our democracy," Frendo told Reuters Television. Maltese authorities were awaiting the arrival of Dutch forensic experts and American FBI agents on Tuesday to help the investigations. A tent was erected over her burnt-out car and sheets placed over her remains. "Everyone knows Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of mine, both politically and personally, but nobody can justify this barbaric act in any way," said Prime Minister Muscat, who had been suing her over some of her allegations. Opposition leader Adrian Delia called her killing an attack on democracy and freedom of expression and demanded an independent inquiry. "We will not accept an investigation by the Commissioner of Police, the Army commander or the duty magistrate, all of whom were criticised by Caruana Galizia," he said on Monday. Half an hour before the explosion tore into her car, Galizia wrote on her blog: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate."

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