https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/malta-court-acquits-businessman-of-car-bomb-murder-of-anti-corruption-journalistContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/malta-court-acquits-businessman-of-car-bomb-murder-of-anti-corruption-journalisthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/malta-court-acquits-businessman-of-car-bomb-murder-of-anti-corruption-journalist#u55828Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:12:23 +0000A jury in Malta cleared Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech of masterminding the 2017 car bomb assassination of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prosecutors had accused Fenech of orchestrating the killing of the 53-year-old reporter, who had extensively exposed suspected corruption within the country's political and business circles. The Wednesday verdict sparked immediate public outrage across the nation, concluding a high-profile legal battle nearly nine years after the journalist died in the attack.Why it mattersDaphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in 2017 at the