# The killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and its aftermath

https://mins.news/en/item/42511

- Reuters, 2026-09-02 18:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/killing-maltese-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia-and-its-aftermath-2026-09-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a986a0548059c000187af90

> Nine years after prominent anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bombing, Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was cleared on Wednesday of having orchestrated the murder.

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