Political tensions increased, notably on Black Monday, when following an attempted assassination of the Prime Minister, the premises of the Times of Malta were burned and the house of the Leader of Opposition was attacked.
Kilo politinė įtampa, per Juodąjį pirmadienį po nepavykusio pasikėsinimo į premjerą, sudegė Maltos Taims pastatai, buvo užpulti opozicijos lyderio namai.