Updated | Forensic experts search murdered man’s garage in Zejtun

Investigations into the murder of Peter Cassar il-Haqqa continued today as forensic experts are currently searching the garage where the man was murdered on Wednesday.

In 2012, the police had discovered explosives and armaments, including a possible World War II aerial bomb in the same garage. The bomb disposal unit searched the garage on Wednesday, however it is not yet known whether any explosives or weapons were retrieved from the victim's premesis.

Today, however, firearms and material related to the making of bombs were discovered.

Cassar, whose garage was listed as his residence, was shot to death on Wednesday afternoon in Triq Santa Marija, Zejtun.

A preliminary investigation of the scene of crime suggests the 67-year-old man was shot in his garage, to the neck and to the chest. At least three shots were fired from a .9mm calibre pistol. Cassar is believed to have walked out of his garage, sat on the doorstep of an opposite residence where he drew his last breaths.

During a crime conference held after the murder, Assistant Commissioner Silvio Valletta preferred not to comment when asked whether Cassar had been investigated in connection with a parcel bomb found under the van belonging to Paul Degabriele, aka is-Suldat, back in 2012.

Degabriele, murdered in May 2013, had been questioned in connection with the December 2012 murder of Joseph Cutajar, il-Lion, found dead near his car in Mill Street in Mosta. A few hours before on the same day, Josef Grech known as il-YoYo was found dead in Bahar ic-Caghaq.

Yesterday, the police also searched a residence belonging to Cutajar's rlatives in Marsacala. The Assistant Police Commissioner said investigators were covering "all avenues", including that the killings could be connected.

Also connected could be last week's murder of 58-year-old Guzi Galea, il-Gilda, shot to death in Marsa outside his residence.