# Malta jury acquits businessman in investigative journalist’s killing

https://mins.news/en/item/42532

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-02 18:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4qRR9RV

> A Malta jury has cleared the businessman accused of masterminding the 2017 car-bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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