Update 4: PN leader calls for public inquiry into alleged attack, PM reacts

A law student who works with the Nationalist Party was this morning “insulted and called names” by former MPs Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando and Franco Debono, the PN said. Both Dr Debono and Dr Pullicino Orlando have outrightly denied insulting or attacking Mr Azzopardi or any other person. In a statement expressing solidarity with Nicky Azzopardi, the PN said the incident took place in Rabat early this morning, when Mr Azzopardi was also attacked and beaten by a person whose name has not yet been divulged. The police confirmed that a fight had taken place at around 5am but said they had no further information about the matter at the moment. The PN condemned without reservations “the scandalous behaviour” of Mr Pullicino Orlando and Dr Debono, who, it said, had yet again, proven they were not deserving of the public posts they had been given. It said that their behaviour should not be tolerated and should be condemned by all those who believed in full respect in a democratic society. The PN said it was publicly insisting that the matter and bring to justice all those who, in one way or another, were aggressive with Mr Azzopardi. But Dr Debono said that when he arrived at the site of...