In the Press: 'Murder victim had been violently threatened two years ago' - Police

Stories from today's national press

The Times of Malta

Assistant Police Commissioner Silvio Valletta yesterday told a press conference that lawyer Carmel Chircop, who died after being shot several times in a B'kara garage, had been violently threatened two years. The main lead the police are pursuing is the small, light-coloured car that CCTV in the area picked up as it was driving towards the garage complex. 

In-Nazzjon

Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke, three top officials in the world football association, were provisionally suspended from their duties at Fifa as investigations into corruption continue. 

L-Orizzont

After 16 years at the helm, former GWU secretary general Tony Zarb stepped down yesterday. The union's national conference elected Josef Bugeja to the post. 

The Malta Independent

Britain will lend its support to Malta in enabling change within the Commonwealth, said Lord Jonathan Marland, chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.