# Outrage mounts in Malta after acquittal over journalist's murder

https://mins.news/en/item/43960

- France 24, 2026-09-03 15:07 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260903-outrage-mounts-in-malta-after-acquittal-over-journalist-s-murder

> Hundreds demonstrated in Valletta after a wealthy businessman was acquitted of masterminding the 2017 car-bomb murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Maltese civil society groups and international media freedom organisations reacted with outrage. The opposition Nationalist Party is seeking a special parliamentary session to discuss the case.

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