Candles, flowers and other items placed at the Great Siege national monument in Valletta by followers of slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia at the end of a vigil commemorating the first year of her assassination have been removed.

The Great Siege national monument has been used as a memorial to the journalist ever since she was killed by a car bomb on 16 October 2017.

Last month, the monument, erected in 1927 and dedicated to the fallen of the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, was boarded up for restoration purposes.

A court case on the use of the Great Siege monument as a tribute to Caruana Galizia is ongoing.