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A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted Yorgen Fenech, a Maltese businessman, of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car‑bomb attack that killed investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict was delivered in Valletta, where a vigil with flowers and a candle had been held outside the law courts on October 16, 2018. The case had centered on Fenech’s alleged role in the plot that killed the journalist. The acquittal means he is no longer charged with the murder.

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