(Times of Malta) A magisterial inquiry into whether the prime minister, the brigadier, and the crew of an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat were responsible for the deaths of at least five migrants at sea has cleared them of homicide.
The government published the 420-page inquiry on Saturday afternoon.
In a statement accompanying the inquiry, the government said the magistrate had concluded that the allegations were not based on proof.
No documentary evidence or testimony backed up the claims against Abela, the Brigadier Jeffery Curmi, or the P52 crew, the inquiry reads.
In his conclusions, Magistrate Joe Mifsud called on the police’s counter-terrorism unit to investigate a suspected smuggler whose mobile number was found in the possession of one of the rescued migrants.
