Maltese activists stage sit-in at PM's office, demand resignation
Police and soldiers rushed into the building where approximately 40 protesters, from Graffiti Movement, chanted slogans for the prime minister to go.
They made no effort to go upstairs, where the administrative offices are located, and Muscat was not in the building at the time.
Police also locked the doors to the building to prevent others, including Caruana Galizia's sister Corinne Vella, from entering. She banged on the door and shouted for it to be opened.
The political stability of the tiny Mediterranean island has been rocked in recent weeks by the fallout from the murder of the anti-corruption journalist, who was blown up by a car bomb.
Muscat's chief of staff, Keith Schembri, was named among those involved or having known about the plot. Schembri has resigned and is under investigation. He has denied any wrongdoing.
The Maltese Prime Minister is not directly implicated in the investigation but has said he will resign in mid-January after an election for a new leader of his ruling Labour Party.
