The suspect involved in the first homicide of the year 2024 is reportedly 40-year-old Rabat resident Noel Azzopardi, NET News have revealed.
Azzopardi is currently being interrogated by the police after 27-year-old Eric Borg was fatally shot in Rabat’s Nigret area on New Year’s Day.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon, at around 3.30pm, where an argument reportedly took place between the victim and the suspect in Triq il-Fidloqqom before Borg was shot twice and left on the sidewalk. A police and medical team were dispatched after calls from on-site witnesses but unfortunately, the victim was certified dead on site.
A police spokesperson explained that investigators are attempting to establish what lead to the argument and subsequent shooting, with the suspect’s defense team made up of lawyers Dr. Arthur Azzopardi, Dr. Jacob Magri and Dr. Alex Miruzzi expected to speak with the accused’s family later today.
More on the story as it develops.
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