Maltese businessman stands trial for 2017 journalist assassination

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Yorgen Fenech, a Maltese businessman, has gone on trial over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta in 2017, killed by a car bomb. Fenech denies any involvement in the killing. The case has drawn significant attention given the journalist's prominent role in exposing corruption in Malta.

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