Police arrest Malta businessman implicated in journalist murder -sources


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  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO: People light candles and place flowers on a makeshift memorial during a protest and vigil marking eighteen months since the assassination of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia outside the Courts of Justice in Valletta, Malta April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta police arrested one of the country's most prominent businessmen on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, two sources said.

Yorgen Fenech was detained as he tried to leave the Mediterranean island before dawn aboard his luxury yacht, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

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