was killed in an apparent assassination last month has been laid to rest close to a whole town daphne talana dollars in her son's carried her coffin out of the church after the funeral mass over fifteen hundred people turned out to pay their respects as prime ministers and the family denies his request to attend the funeral colleague lizzie was a fierce critic of the prime minister a lesser player a day of national mourning. of loss i'm joined now by journalist matthew i.d.'s in the lot of us the capital of malta better thanks for being with us what does this funeral mean for people in malta well the funeral itself is it was it was a standard christian you know you know not open to the media of them some people did manage to sneak some bones in the event itself is the more serious has more seasoned patients i'm ots journalism and democracy and the larger context what's happening with the investigation are we any closer to finding out who killed her well the investigation is it is very it's under wraps obviously the police are reluctant. to release details of where they're going with it but.