Updated: L-Imniehru’s body exhumed to ascertain cause of death

(Adds details on compilations of evidence) The body of murdered drug trafficker Mario Camilleri l-imnieħru was exhumed on Tuesday to settle a conflict between investigators and medical examiners on the cause of his death. The police have independent declarations which state that Mr Camilleri died after he was shot at and proceeded with charges against two individuals on that basis. However, medical examiners are insisting that the bullet that hit Mr Camilleri probably only grazed his head and did not penetrate the skull, which means that he would not have died from the shot, sources said. Instead, they put forward the theory that he may have died from a heart attack. As a result, the inquiring Magistrate Doreen Clark has asked to have a second opinion through a re-examination of the body. The development comes after l-imnieħru, 51, and his 21-year-old son Mario Jnr were buried on Saturday, less than 36 hours after they were discovered partly buried in a shallow grave in field in Qajjenza, Birżebbuġia. The heat and the fact that they were buried in manure from a cow farm next door accelerated the bodies’ decomposition, complicating the autopsy. Police sources said the lightning...