Well done to the police for apprehending the person who threatened MEP Roberta Metsola. Hopefully he will receive what he deserves. What I absolutely cannot comprehend is how three weeks prior to this incident, on November 2, a person incited an act of terrorism, in my opinion, very much worse than the threat against the MEP.  A very large number of civilians were concerned.

This person suggested that, as is happening frequently abroad, someone should drive a heavy vehicle on to the pavement and slaughter as many people as possible. He even stated that he would enjoy seeing all those people squashed on the road.

On November 4 my letter appeared in the Times of Malta urging the police to take the necessary steps against this individual. Hundreds of comments appeared on Facebook deploring the fact that anyone could be so inhuman as to wish such a tragedy on his fellow countrymen.

Two weeks went by and not a move by the authorities. At long last my letter was noticed by the police and two officers came to my home to question me about my letter in the Times of Malta. I gave them all the relevant details such as the name, surname, nickname and even the photograph of the person concerned. I also showed them the great number of comments, some by well-known bloggers, about the matter.

They took photos of items on my iPad. They thanked me and promised to keep me informed.  After several days went by I contacted the officer concerned, who told me that these investigations take quite some time to sort out, and the difficulty is that the presumed culprit has deleted his presence from Facebook.

It seems that this outrageous crime is going to be permanently shelved. Why?