Updated 12.12pm Three police constables have been suspended from duty after their own colleagues reported them of having assaulted migrants. The trio, two men and one woman who worked the same shift at the Ħamrun police station, are now the subjects of a criminal investigation into a racially-motivated crime. Sources told Times of Malta that the constables are believed to have violently assaulted black people, with the matter coming to light after other police officers learnt of the practice and filed internal reports about it. Investigators are now working to try and identify all the assault victims. The investigation started on Friday. Senior police sources said: "We will never tolerate such incidents and illegitimate force. The fact that we introduced a system of anonymous reporting helped with exposing this case." One of the three constables under investigation was hospitalised on Friday evening after learning of the suspension and probe. All three constables are young members of the police force, with one having graduated from the police training academy less than a year ago. News of the constables’ suspension came in a statement issued by the Malta Police Force on...
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