Police are still in the dark about the motive behind a powerful bomb that caused extensive damage to the Żurrieq home of a police inspector early yesterday morning.

The “highly explosive” device went off at about 4.45 am just below the bedroom where Geoffrey Azzopardi’s three children were sleeping in their house in Blue Grotto Avenue.

On being awoken by the violent blast, Mr Azzopardi ran to check on his two boys and girl, aged between 13 and seven, who were unhurt. In shock, Mr Azzopardi, his wife and their children exited the home through a secondary door. 

After serving for a number of years in the immigration section and the Ħamrun police station, Mr Azzopardi moved to the force’s EU funds office earlier this year. Previously, he served in the criminal investigation department.

Mr Azzopardi would only say he “had no idea” why he had been the target of a bomb attack. Evidently still in shock, he said he preferred not to comment.

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