Black Monday (Malta)
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Black Monday in
The Times) and the home of Eddie Fenech Adami, then Leader of the Opposition, were ransacked following a rally by the Labour Party
.
Background
A spontaneous political rally was held by Labour supporters following an alleged attempt on Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's life in his offices at the Auberge de Castille, Valletta.
Events
That evening a large crowd gathered outside the Prime Minister's office in an expression of solidarity and from there marched toward the Progress Press offices on St. Paul Street,
Nationalist Party. The newspaper holds the record of never having missed an issue from its founding day.[1]
Also on this day, believing that their political rivals, the
Nationalist Party
, ransacking his home and assaulting his wife, Mary, his five children and his elderly mother.
In both incidents the police chose not to intervene.
International response
The
Panorama
on 11 November.
Aftermath
The perpetrators were not brought to justice.
References
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