Children place cards and flowers at an informal memorial site as thousands gather during a national rally to demand justice for murdered Maltese journalist and anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in the island's capital Valletta on October 22, 2017.
Galizia, 53, a prominent Maltese journalist and blogger who made repeated and detailed corruption allegations against Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's inner circle, was killed by a car bomb on October 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Matthew Mirabelli / Malta OUT        (Photo credit should read MATTHEW MIRABELLI/AFP/Getty Images)
Journalist killed in Malta car blast
00:55 - Source: CNN
CNN  — 

Three men were charged Tuesday night in connection with the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, government spokesman Kurt Farugia told CNN.

The Malta nationals were among 10 men arrested Monday in raids across the island nation involving police and security services.

Daphne Caruana Galizia

Caruana Galizia, who had led the investigation into the Panama Papers and alleged corruption within political circles in Malta, was killed in an October car bombing. Her vehicle exploded soon after she left her home in Bidnija, close to the town of Mosta, local media reported.

The death rocked the country and caused consternation across Europe.

In the aftermath, Matthew Caruana Galizia said his mother had been “assassinated” because of her work uncovering alleged corruption in the Maltese government.

He said that the 53-year-old had been “targeted,” and added that a “culture of impunity has been allowed to flourish by the government in Malta.”