valletta daphne caruana galizia malta best-known investigative journalist kill monday powerful bomb blow car police say case stun small mediterranean island caruana galizia 53 run hugely popular blog relentlessly highlight case allege high-level corruption target politicians across party line crook everywhere look situation desperate write blog publish site half hour explosion tear car locals say caruana galizia leave house road near village bidnija northern malta bomb detonate send car fly adjacent field maltese prime minister joseph muscat face accusations wrong-doing caruana galizia early year denounce kill call barbaric attack press freedom announce u.s. federal bureau investigation fbi agree help local police investigate kill fly experts island soon possible rest see justice do case say statement call national unity around 3,000 people hold silent candle-lit vigil tuesday even sliema outside valletta hashtag je suis daphne circulate widely among social media users island 400,000 people european union small state everyone know caruana galizia harsh critic mine politically personally nobody justify barbaric act way muscat say remedy anyone felt slander court muscat sue caruana galizia write blog early year say wife beneficial owner company panama large sum money move company bank account azerbaijan muscat wife deny accusations look vote confidence counter allegations muscat call snap elections june easily recently caruana galizia outspoken blog turn fire opposition politicians malta television report caruana galizia file complaint police two weeks ago say receive threats give information opposition leader adrian delia say blogger victim political murder caruana galizia reveal panama paper government strong critic say call independent probe kill accept investigation commissioner police army commander duty magistrate heart criticism caruana galizia say wikileaks founder julian assange say would offer 20,000 euro 23,578.00 reward information lead conviction caruana galizia killers european politicians express dismay death frans timmermans first vice president european commission tweet shock outrage add journalists silence freedom lose manfred weber head conservative bloc european parliament say kill mark dark day democracy caruana galizia take aim politicians senior officials across malta see island hotbed corruption malta public life afflict dangerously unstable men principles scruple write last year family ask magistrate assign investigate case consuelo scerri herrera substitute allege conflict interest court document show herrera seek libel damage caruana galizia attack blog anti-corruption blogger kill huge bomb malta