Maltese Journalist Probably Killed by Remotely Detonated Bomb, Government Says

Journalists Herman Grech (L) and Dione Borg place printouts of newspaper pages, sprayed with red paint and reporting the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb attack on Oct 16., during a protest against her murder, in Valletta, Malta. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

VALLETTA—Police believe a bomb that killed a prominent journalist in Malta was attached beneath her car and triggered remotely, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday, giving the first details of the investigation.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, a renowned blogger and fierce critic of the government, died on Oct. 16 in a blast that wrecked her car as she was leaving her house, throwing debris and body parts into a nearby field.