# Maltese tycoon acquitted in journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case

https://mins.news/en/item/43049

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 03:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/3/maltese-tycoon-acquitted-of-killing-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia?traffic_source=rss

> Yorgen Fenech, the last person prosecuted over the 2017 car-bomb killing of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has been acquitted. He had denied masterminding the murder. The killing triggered protests that forced Malta’s prime minister to resign.

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