Fisherman/restaurant owner blown up by car bomb a short while ago
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June 1, 2014 at 6:06pm
Birzebbuga/Hal Ghaxaq fisherman Darren Degabriele, who is in his early 30s, was blown up by a car bomb while driving on the Zejtun Road to Marsaxlokk earlier this afternoon. He is in danger of dying.
His passenger, a woman of 28, is also in hospital. She was not as badly affected – it was the driver who suffered the full brunt of the explosion and has 90% burns.
Degabriele owns the Gente di Mare restaurant in Marsaxlokk, and has fishing vessels registered in his name.
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How terrible! For such a small place and such piety, Malta really is full of terrible criminals.
What piety? Malta’s about as godless as they come.
Is anyone surprised? We have criminals heading NGOs/associations and representing entire sectors of the economy.
Terrible indeed. But as for piety – Jesus compared it to whitewashed graves – hypocrisy – and in Malta it is at its worst. In fact, I believe that Jesus only used harsh names for hypocrites. He really disliked them.
Not just criminals, but organised criminals. That’s worse.
Disorganised criminals organising crime. That’s even worse.
Organized criminals regularly carrying out their own private settling of accounts with murderous results is worst of all. It suggests that the loss of confidence in law enforcement is very widespread indeed throughout ALL sectors of Maltese society.
I hope these two injured persons pull through and do not lose their lives.
Could this be all part of a drug turf war?
It would be a miracle if anyone survives 90% burns.
Miracles do happen.
No one deserves to die that way no matter what he was involved in.
One of the television stations reported that Darren Degabriele was “involute f’xiri ta’ zejt.”.
Wish them a speedy recovery. Such a shame that a young man has to go through this.
90% burns = dead meat. RIP. The Malta of the 21st century.
The air that we’re breathing is contagious as low moral values and abusive behaviour are being blessed by those who should know better.
Regolamento dei conti.
How awful.
If it is really 90%, the poor guy is doomed.
Unless of course he manages to get to Chelmsford or East Grinstead by tomorrow morning.
In that case he will have a 50/50 chance.
Don’t worry, Manwel Mallia and Peter Paul Zammit are in charge.
Malta is fast becoming a playground for organized crime.
Could the Italian Mafia have anything to do with this? They have long been interested in consolidating a position in Malta.
” long been interested”
Are you serious or simply naive?
Perhaps Mafia money is being laundered through the purchase of restaurants in Malta.
Johnny ‘Snus Dalli has not been heard from lately, hmmm ?
What do you expect in a country where a recently convicted person is publicly hugged and lauded by the Honourable Prime Minister himself in connection with that very recent conviction.
Is there no sense of shame left?
Makes you wonder how it was triggered.
If on a timer, it could have taken out passers-by.
A scary thought.
It was directed at the driver, and he suffered fractures after being “catapulted” out of the jeep, while his passenger got away with “slight injuries” (according to online news reports).
I meant if it was on a timer then it could have been parked in a busy pedestrian area.
That still doesn’t answer how it was triggered.
Cell phone signal, as likely as not. The expertise is only a 35-minute flight away. Malta hub ta’ kollox.
A 1-hour flight actually. Southward.
Serhan il-mohh!
Ministru Manuel Mallia jiddefendi l-Maltin mill-kriminali li ghamluh milljunarju u li jhossuhom ‘at home’ mieghu.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080426/local/cleared-of-forgery-charges.205630