(MENAFN)Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that Maltese police on Monday arrested eight suspects in the murder of blogger Daphne as she died in a car explosion two months ago.

The prime minister also affirmed that all of the suspects are Maltese nationals and they all have a criminal record, without giving any further details.

The police now have 48 hours to question the suspects, take them into custody or release them.

After running a popular blog in which she attacked politicians from across party lines involved in cases of alleged high-level of corruption, Caruana Galizia was killed on Oct. 16.

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