Police believe two murders are linked

Investigators beli­eve there is a link between the killing of two men in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq and Mosta yesterday morning. Both victims – Josef Grech, 41, from Balzan, and Joseph Cutajar, 46, from Marsascala – were facing criminal proceedings over murders they allegedly committed, a fact that has led police to suspect a connection. The first murder took place in the early hours. A hunter passing through Qalet Marku, just off the Coast Road, stumbled upon Mr Grech’s semi-dressed corpse lying in a pool of blood at about 3.30am. As it happens, it was near the spot that lawyer Margaret Mifsud had been found dead in her car a few months ago. Mr Grech had been shot in the head, Assistant Police Commissioner Pierre Calleja said at a crime conference later. The murder weapon was of a small calibre, probably a pistol. The amount of blood found around the victim indicated that the murder was committed in that spot, although further forensic tests are being carried out to determine this. About two hours later, while investigators were still on site at Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, they were alerted to another shooting in Triq il-Mitħna in Mosta. Mr Cutajar, known as il-Lion, was found sprawled on the ground...