Daphne and the Two Maltas

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The brutal, unsolved murder of Malta's most outspoken blogger has blackened the image of the Mediterranean holiday island. Since Daphne Caruana Galizia was blown up by a car bomb in October, her son has denounced his country as a mafia state. European leaders say they're deeply concerned about the rule of law there. But on Malta, Daphne was a divisive figure - admired by some as a fearless investigative journalist, detested by others as a snobbish "queen of bile." She herself said there were "two Maltas" - and the reaction to her murder has proved that. So was Daphne's death a political assassination - as one Malta says - or a criminal killing without wider implications, as the other Malta insists? Tim Whewell goes looking for answers on an island where everyone knows everyone, but belongs firmly to one camp or the other. Producer: Estelle Doyle (Photo: Flowers and tributes lay at the foot of the Great Siege monument in Valletta, turned into a temporary shrine for Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia who was killed by a car bomb outside her home in Bidnjia, Malta, on October 16, 2017. Getty Images)