Wine bar stabbing - man arrested

Noel Zarb

Oct 15th 2009, 13:09

Wishing you a speedy recovery David...and shame on whoever attempted to end your life...the coward should be named!!!!

Emanuela Farrugia

Oct 15th 2009, 11:41

Get well soon!!

Sylvan Borg

Oct 14th 2009, 18:23

Get well really soon Dave!!!

James Pullicino

Oct 14th 2009, 17:57

Thats terrible what happened. Get well soon David.

Suzanne Psaila

Oct 14th 2009, 17:55

First of all: Get well soon David!!!! such a shame you had to go through this!

@Mike Jones ....you must be joking!! Carrying a weapon is AS bad as using it! are you seriously implying that insecure people should be allowed to carry weapons?? don't you know that carrying a weapon makes it easier to use one?? ....I am a young woman..I've travelled the largest cities on my own, I have felt insecure at times of course but I chose to be prudent, careful and most of all down-to-earth aware of the dangers around me but NEVER did I carry a weapon!!! In England we were given pepper spray at university to protect ourselves - that is surely not a weapon but is still ILLEGAL to carry around in Italy! So if pepper spray is still not allowed go figure a pointed weapon! C'mon!

And what bloody past are you referring to? The world has gone through the dark times (and still is)..but I recall it was worldwide and not simply Maltese!

Having said that, the latter goes out of topic, all I wanted was to leave my best wishes for David!

Henry Vassallo

Oct 14th 2009, 17:12

David i wish you a speedy recovery. I am positive that you will make it through, i know you as a fighter so go on, this is the fight of your life. My thoughts go to your family as well,be strong.

Mark Anthony Mifsud

Oct 14th 2009, 17:08

A tough break for David, the most gentle of gentlemen... I pray for his swift recovery and look forward to seeing him back in action.

Gerald De Giovanni

Oct 14th 2009, 15:09

I was shocked by the news!!!!!! Dave I hope you have a quick recovery. Wish you all the best...

S Debono

Oct 14th 2009, 13:49

I wish David a speedy recovery and hope for the judicial process to work and act as a proper deterrant for such offenders.

Denise Vella

Oct 14th 2009, 10:59

@I Abela

It's pathetic how a bunch of people are on a mission to chant the 'return to the 70's and 80's' mantra no matter what the news item. This poor young man lies fighting for his life and all they see is a banal opportunity to score cheap propaganda points no matter how disrespectful or irrelevant their comments may be. All the best to David and his family.

Joseph M. Meli

Oct 14th 2009, 09:46

Speedy recovery David !!

It is ABOUT time that the Legal System in Malta reconsidering the reintroduction of the Capital Punishment for Acts against La Patria and certain crimes against its People.

Murder is one of these cases

Pauline Pullicino

Oct 14th 2009, 09:09

Get well soon David. We wish you a speedy recovery. We were shocked to hear the news. Your 'auntie'

Shawn Abela

Oct 14th 2009, 08:32

Get well soon David!!!!

Shawn

Alison Gatt

Oct 14th 2009, 07:15

Very shocking to hear this. Get well soon David X

David Friggieri

Oct 13th 2009, 23:57

Kuragg David!

Michael Briguglio

Oct 13th 2009, 23:26

David
Our thoughts are with you!
Get well soon!
Michael

Johann Zammit

Oct 13th 2009, 23:05

Get well soon David

Ramona Depares

Oct 13th 2009, 21:58

I'm still shocked by the news. Our thoughts are with you David.
Ramona

James Drury

Oct 13th 2009, 21:55

Speedy Recovery David!!

Your in our prayers.

i. Brincat

Oct 13th 2009, 21:18

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Steve Borg

Oct 13th 2009, 21:11

Inħsadt naqra din l-aħbar. Nawguralek fejqan ta' malajr David. Kuraġġ f'dan il-mument diffiċli.

Steve

Paul Mizzi

Oct 13th 2009, 21:09

May you recover soon. You are such a great man. Be strong David!

ROnnie Pellegrini

Oct 13th 2009, 21:06

Get well soon David. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Emanuel Magrin

Oct 13th 2009, 21:03

Wishing you a speedy recovery David.

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Norbert Bugeja

Oct 13th 2009, 20:19

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Dave. Keep strong.

James Farrugia

Oct 13th 2009, 20:12

I am still shocked at this news. When you hear or read this sort of thing happening to someone you don't know, you kind of shrug it off and blame "this decaying society" or brand the victim a nasty piece of work who probably got what he deserved.
But I've known David for many years and I many will agree that he is the gentlest of souls.
Let's hope for a speedy recovery and for justice to be swiftly made.

Mario Tabone

Oct 13th 2009, 20:00

CONTINUED>>>>>>>>>
When I mentioned third world countries it was never my intention of blaming anybody in particular for this incident and I thought I had made that quite clear.
However I am speaking from experience when I say we are now multi cultural and this in itself brings in good and bad habits. Unfortunately some of the minorities currently integrating within the Maltese culture have escaped from civil wars and genocide and until they arrived in our country they had to fight for their lives. The incident at Safi recently proves my point where the official comment was that it was down to tribal wars or words to that effect. Lo and behold I believe knives were used in that incident !!!
So please don't try and take advantage or twist my comments . I am not blaming anybody in particular. Just stating from my own experiences what will undoubtedly happen unless we put a stop to this knife madness or when one of your own family members falls victim to these criminals and becomes another unwanted murder statistic.
I wish David Darmanin a speedy recovery and hope his suffering will not be in vain.

Mario Tabone

Oct 13th 2009, 19:38

Typical of some of you self rightous do gooders who have unlike myself and others faced a knife wielding criminal. If you care to read my comment I stated and just to make sure repeated that I was not pointing my finger at anybody in particular so @A Camilleri , I can assure you I was not making anybody a scapegoat.
@ Christine Xuereb, I can assure you as well that I am not blaming anybody from any ethnic minority and definately not saying that this is down to multi culturalism.
Rest assured that there are very few people who embrace multi culturalism like I do.
Last but not least @ Mike Jones. I sincerely hope that you are not advocating insecure people go about armed with knives or other weapons for self defense as your comment implies!!! Police State ? Grow up and thank the heavens above that you live in Malta. If one has nothing to hide one should not worry about being stopped and searched in the right circumstances. Nobody should have any reason to carry weapons for so called self defense.
CONTINUES >>>>>>>

Martin Galea De Giovanni

Oct 13th 2009, 19:25

Wish you a speedy recovery David.
... and thanks for the update Matthew.

Kevin J Drake

Oct 13th 2009, 19:22

Hope you recover very, very soon David. You're in everyone's thoughts. Kuragg.

Clare Thake Vassallo

Oct 13th 2009, 19:19

Shocking news. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Charlot Zahra

Oct 13th 2009, 19:12

On behalf of the Council of the IGM, its members and the entire journalstic community in Malta, I would like to express our total solidarity with David and his family following this senseless stabbing.
We wish him a speedy recovery and a quick return to the editorship of Business Today.

Charlot Zahra
Deputy General Secretay, IGM and a colleague of David

Jacques René Zammit

Oct 13th 2009, 19:01

Sincere wishes for a speedy recovery Dave!

Beatrix Strauss

Oct 13th 2009, 19:00

Get well soon David !!

Claudio Camilleri

Oct 13th 2009, 18:58

Get well soon David.

Dr Joe Mifsud

Oct 13th 2009, 18:52

Get well soon David. You have my full support.

Wayne Flask

Oct 13th 2009, 18:50

Wish you a speedy recovery David, we are all with you.

John Zammit - Journalist

Oct 13th 2009, 18:46

Get well soon David. I condemn the attacker.

a.camilleri

Oct 13th 2009, 18:37

@mario tabone,
thats right lets make other people scapegoats, most of these incidents are caused by maltese born people so how come some readers have to jump on the bandwagon and blame the minority!

Matthew Vella

Oct 13th 2009, 18:30

I want to reassure all well-wishers that David is in stable condition - I have just been in to see him, he is talking and he has weathered the worst. His family is overwhelmed by everybody's show of support.
This incident is not related to his work in any way; he is the unfortunate victim of a crime, plain and simple.

Kurt Farrugia

Oct 13th 2009, 18:21

Wishing you a speedy recovery colleague. Our thoughts are with you. Looking forward to have you back in form.

Christine Xuereb

Oct 13th 2009, 18:12

Attack was NOT linked to journalistic work,
and
@ Mario Tabone
like others have replied back to you- your comment was very much out of place and disrespectful...how dare you blame third world countries . Things like this don't happen because of multi culturalism!

Karl Consiglio

Oct 13th 2009, 18:02

Thats some haunting news, get well soon David.

Ruben Overend

Oct 13th 2009, 17:55

Shocking news indeed! Get well soon David.

GiovDeMartino@J Camilleri

Oct 13th 2009, 17:36

Naqbel mieghek. Imma l-kelb il-mismut kull ilma jahsbu mishun!

Francoise Fleurant

Oct 13th 2009, 17:04

Wish you speedy recovery …looking forward to see you soon David.

@ Mario Tabone
Mr. Tabone,
I guess your comment is a bit out of place!
How would you rate Malta (first/second or third world country) please?

Lou Bondi

Oct 13th 2009, 17:02

This is shocking news. I hope David pulls through quickly and that justice is done and done quickly. That a man from Attard has been already arrested is comforting.

J. Camilleri

Oct 13th 2009, 16:45

Wishing you willget well soon David.
@ I Abela. What do the years 70s and 80s have got to do with this incident?

Joseph A.Borda

Oct 13th 2009, 16:43

David,

I wish you a speedy recovery to continue your good job you are doing..Keep it up.....

Joseph A.Borda
Valletta

Ralph Cassar

Oct 13th 2009, 16:40

Shocking to say the least! Get well soon.

Ralph Cassar
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Mik e Jones

Oct 13th 2009, 16:31

@Mario Tabone

"Forget about civil liberties rubbish" You betray yourself by giving unecessary powers to others. You'ew labeling your OWN liberties as "rubbish". What nonsense!

"Carrying a pointed instrument should carry a minimum 10 year sentence ". Are you saying an insecure individual who makes a mistake of carrrying a weapon for self defence fear should go to jail for 10 years? Again, nonsense!

"Stop and search"/ Police state should be done away with not encouraged!

"inheriting some of the bad customs", are you kidding me? Have you forgotten Malta's traditional bloody past?

The USE of a weapon in any circumstance should be dealt with heavy handedly. It is CRIMINALS who should be punished, not individuals that we imagine would be criminals. Weapon bearers are not criminals weapon (ab)users are.

Chris Scicluna

Oct 13th 2009, 16:29

Get well soon Dave..... and BBQ'd rabbit as soon as you're back on your feet!

J Oatmon

Oct 13th 2009, 16:27

There seems to be more and more violent crime in Malta, with criminals carrying guns and knives, muggings, robbery with violence, armed robbery etc.
Well the reason is the weak use of the law to stop violent crimes in Malta.
In Malta the focus it is all about re-habilitating these thugs, when it should be about locking them away for years, and helping protect the victims.
Too many suspended sentences and too much sympathy for the criminals instead of the victims. Try being nice to someone waving a knife or a gun in your face - the criminals have the power, the public get the pain, and the lawyers get the money.

D Vella

Oct 13th 2009, 16:26

Mario Tabone..lose no opportunity of blaming all our troubles on third world countries and emigrants,just as elsewhere in this paper others of your ilk are blaming HIV on immigrants.

Joe Grima

Oct 13th 2009, 16:24

Total, univocal condemnation of this cowardly attack and full support to David Darmanin and his family, friends and colleagues in these difficult moments. We who have been through our own difficult times when my property, my Radio station and my car were arsoned ten years ago offer David the sympathy and solidarity that , sadly, we didn't get at the time, except from the very few who I will never forget. I hope he will get results from the police investigation that, in our case, have still not surfaced ten years on.

I Scicluna

Oct 13th 2009, 16:23

@ I Abela
I think you're correct, during the 70s and the80s some people suffered because of their profession or belief. Do you remember the tradegy that hit the family of professor Grech in December 1977.
I hope that Mr. Darmanin will get well soon.

Mario Tabone

Oct 13th 2009, 16:07

This kind of incident is becoming more and more frequent. Carrying a pointed instrument should carry a minimum 10 year sentence . This is after all attempted murder. The laws on our island are out of date and do not cater for todays way of life. I am not blaming anybody in particular but talking from experience there are a lot of people whose culture and way of life is that of dog eat dog and they have carried weapons of some sort or another all their life. Malta is now fast becoming multi cultural and we are inheriting some of the bad customs of third world countries. While carrying a pointed weapon or for that matter any sort of weapon might be accepted for self defense elsewhere, we must make sure and send out a message to all that this is not acceptable in Malta. Our police and other law enforcement officers must have wider powers to stop and search. Forget about civil liberties rubbish, if one has nothing to hide they should welcome being searched. This is the only way forward before anarchy takes over. I reiterate what I said about not blaming anybody in particular.

simon sullivan

Oct 13th 2009, 16:03

beggars belief ! ... name the arrested coward.... you're in our prayers Dave

Carmel Bonello

Oct 13th 2009, 15:51

David, wishing you a quick and complete recovery.

Jan-Wouter Stigter

Oct 13th 2009, 15:49

Absolutely incredible. David is a friend but apart from a very kind and gentle person, that makes this even more incredible. Lost for words.

joe caruana

Oct 13th 2009, 15:42

@ I Abela
If this stabbing has something to do with his occupation, he should be awarded LM50,000. Remember now? This was not the 70s or 80s.

KJ Tabone

Oct 13th 2009, 15:41

Get well soon David.

Jannie Galea@

Oct 13th 2009, 15:20

I hope he will recover soon from this stupid and uncall for incident.

Antoine Vella

Oct 13th 2009, 15:16

This is shoking. Get well soon David.

George Mangion

Oct 13th 2009, 15:09

We really wish you a speedy recovery. From Goerge Mangion and all of PKF staff

Renaldo Arciola

Oct 13th 2009, 15:03

Shocking. I'd like to wish David a speedy recovery.

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando

Oct 13th 2009, 14:41

I hope that David fully recovers from this terrible episode in his life.

Elisa Delia

Oct 13th 2009, 14:29

It about time that mentality changes in this country and we start behaving like humans with brains!! It's a shame! Hope culprit is caught!

Allan Gatt

Oct 13th 2009, 14:15

Ghajb fuq kull min ipprova jtemmlu hajtu.

Julian Zarb - Tourism Journalist

Oct 13th 2009, 14:05

I wish David a speedy recovery and I certainly hope that these incidents are not repeated in future; they do no good to the perception of a hospitable and friendly people - luckily they are the exceptions - but for David it must have been a most horrible moment - take care and get well soon!

Gerald Fenech

Oct 13th 2009, 14:02

I am shocked and sad to hear this horrifying piece of news. As a regular customer of David both when he was in Xemxija and more recently in Sliema, I can only hope for his speedy recovery and that the perpetrator is caught without delay.

david vella

Oct 13th 2009, 13:53

This is shocking news - get well soon David. Don’t let this dishearten you.

I Abela

Oct 13th 2009, 13:50

While wishing David a speedy recovery, let us all hope that this incident has nothing to do with his job as a journalist. God forbid that we return to the stone age of the 70's and 80's.

Frank Psaila

Oct 13th 2009, 13:44

Dear David, I wish you a speedy recovery.


Frank Psaila
PN Information Director

Paul Xuereb

Oct 13th 2009, 13:41

hope he makes it through - David Darmanin's pen was always a good one. Journalist are our flagbearers to democracy and keep the government in check. I hope Hon. Carm is not just adding this to his statistics but actively investigating this.

Marius Zulgis

Oct 13th 2009, 13:40

I wish David a very speedy recovery and wish to express solidarity with his family and colleagues. Get well soon!

Rebecca Anastasi

Oct 13th 2009, 13:39

Get well soon David!! We always loved our quiz nights at your bar!!!!!!!

John Farrugia

Oct 13th 2009, 13:25

This is so sad ! I hope that David has a speedy recovery and is back in full shape soon.