# Outrage after Maltese tycoon acquitted over reporter’s murder

https://mins.news/en/item/42738

- France 24, 2026-09-02 21:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/outrage-as-maltese-tycoon-acquitted-of-reporter-daphne-caruana-galizia-s-murder

> A Maltese court acquitted tycoon Yorgen Fenech on Wednesday of orchestrating the car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia. The ruling prompted anger from her family and media freedom advocates. The 2017 assassination triggered unprecedented protests in Malta and brought down a government.

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