For families of Pan Am 103 victims, delayed trial prolongs nearly 4-decade wait for justice
Summary
The trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, has been delayed due to new evidence. Families of the victims, including many Americans, continue to wait nearly 40 years for justice as Al-Marimi faces charges in a U.S. courtroom for the first time.Key Facts
- Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people, mostly Americans.
- Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence officer, is accused of making the bomb.
- Al-Marimi was imprisoned in Libya for years and is now being prosecuted in the U.S.
- The trial was scheduled to start in Washington, D.C., but was postponed due to new evidence.
- In 2017, officials obtained an interview where Al-Marimi reportedly admitted to building the bomb and said Libya’s intelligence ordered the attack.
- Victims’ families have been waiting for decades for the trial and justice.
- Many family members attended an earlier trial in 2000, which convicted one accomplice but acquitted another.
- Some families have found ways to cope, such as funding a photography grant in memory of their loved ones.
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