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Is it true: Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination (Oct 16 2017, Bidnija Malta)?

Confirmed5% confidence

Yes — this is confirmed.

Three perpetrators convicted (Muscat: 15yr plea, Feb 2021; Degiorgio brothers: 40yr each, Oct 2022). Yorgen Fenech (Electrogas) charged with complicity, trial ongoing. Public inquiry Jul 2021 found state 'responsibility' for conditions enabling the killing. PM Joseph Muscat resigned Jan 2020. Full commissioning chain above Fenech remains legally open.

The claim

Maltese investigative journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb on 16 October 2017 near her home in Bidnija, Malta. Her 'Running Commentary' blog had exposed Pilatus Bank,

Key evidence

Yorgen Fenech arrested November 2019, charged with complicity

Three perpetrators convicted — sentences up to 40 years

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