The Police and the June 1919 events (Part 1)

Abstract

In the year 2019, Malta marked the 100th anniversary of one of the most significant periods of social unrest in its history that led to riots on June 7 and 8, 1919, during which four people were killed and several others sustained injuries. Ċikku Darmanin and Toni Caruana were among those injured and it was also said that they both died as a result of injuries sustained. The prelude to the riots was a demonstration held at Valletta on February 25, 1919, when a meeting of the National Assembly was being held. At that time, Malta was under British rule and the National Assembly unanimously resolved to ask the British government to grant the island a new constitution with full political and administrative autonomy.