A video sent to Malta Daily shows a thick cloud of smoke emerge from beneath the trees in Qormi after a car reportedly caught fire at around 12:20 today.
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A spokesperson for the Malta Police Force reported that Civil Protection were on site soon after, controlling the fire. No injuries were reported.
It is unknown whether the current weather conditions contributed to the car fire.
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Sitting down for an interview with MaltaToday, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that only a magisterial inquiry can bring justice in the tragic case of Jean Paul Sofia’s death.
Speaking with MaltaToday’s Kurt Sansone, Abela vowed to publish the magisterial inquiry in full once it is concluded so that ‘justice can be done.’
He said that investigations into the concession of public land to the developers of the site where Sofia died should take place after the magisterial inquiry.
The Labour Party leader said that he has no business links whatsoever with the developers of the site, but even if he did, this would not have changed anything.
He also admitted that it was insensitive to have attended an orchestra concert at Girgenti Palace just hours after voting down the public inquiry into the death.
This comes after Robert Abela revealed that he sent a letter to Chief Justice urging for the magisterial inquiry to be concluded as soon as possible.
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A 47-year-old man resident of Tal-Pieta was arrested after police received information that a drug negotiation was about to take place in the same locality.
Yesterday, at around 1200hrs, police surrounded the man’s residence. However, the man realised what was happening and attempted to escape whilst also throwing away objects onto the road.
The man was arrested and a kilo of a drug suspected to be cocaine as well as a substance suspected to be heroin were found on a bag on his person.
Investigations which took place showed that, were the drugs sold, they would have reached up to €60,000 in street value.
Further investigations in the man’s residence yielded other objects related to drug trafficking as well as an amount of cash.
An inquiry has been opened as police officers continue their investigations. The man is expected to be taken to court today at around 1500hrs.
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Taking to social media following the parliament’s majority vote against the opening of a public inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola took to social media to share her thoughts about the tragedy.
‘Fix. The. System’ said Roberta Metsola. ‘When 20-year-old boys are killed under collapsing construction, we need to reflect as a nation on how things got to this point.’
‘We need an honest assessment of what went wrong, what policies allowed this to happen, where we can do better as a country and what lessons can we learn to never let another parent mourn the loss of a child buried under rubble.’
‘The first step in doing that is a public inquiry that can assess all the shortcomings we face as a country. That’s how we start to fix things. By being honest with ourselves, by coming together, by enacting new policies and new laws. Not by covering up. Not by protecting those responsible. Not by defending the indefensible. Not by betraying the grieving parents of a boy who believed in you.’
‘Politicians are accountable for the choices they make. There is a duty to recognise when things are simply not ok. There is a duty to fix things.
We’ve been here before – sweeping this under the carpet will not work. The efforts of those who are desperate to protect the status quo at any cost, cannot succeed. Not anymore. Not this time.
The system is broken. Ġustizzja għal Jean Paul Sofia.’
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