Businessman indicted in Malta over death of investigative journalist

Flowers and a candle lie in front of a portrait of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia (Jonathan Borg/AP)

Malta’s attorney general indicted a leading Maltese businessman in the murder of an investigative journalist nearly four years ago that triggered an international outcry against attempts to silence reporters.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated alleged corruption involving high-level politicians and prominent business figures in the tiny European Union nation, was killed in a car bombing on October 16 2017.