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Added on the 14/10/2022 18:52:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
George Degiorgio, one of three people accused of the 2017 assassination, has confessed to a reporter that they were paid to plant the car bomb that killed her.
Melvin Theuma was due to give evidence in the case on Wednesday, but was found in his police-protected residence the night before with stab wounds.
Flags flew at half mast across Malta to mark the funeral of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, amid fresh calls for Europe to find those guilty of her brutal murder.
This Thursday marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. According to the UN, some 900 reporters have been killed over the past decade - and in 90% of cases, the crimes go unpunished. Will this also be the case for Daphne Caruana Galizia? The Maltese investigative journalist and blogger, who had exposed a web of corruption scandals, was killed by a car bomb on October 16. Our team reports from Malta, where many fear that justice will not be done.
Roman Pratasevich stood trial on charges of organizing unrest and plotting to seize power. He was arrested in 2021 after being removed from a commercial airplane that was forced to land in Minsk.