Libyan cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
Summary
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan man who was found not guilty in the trial over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died at the age of 70. Fhimah was accused of involvement in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people, but he was cleared while another Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted.Key Facts
- The Lockerbie bombing happened in December 1988 and killed 270 people on Pan Am Flight 103.
- Fhimah was accused but found not guilty in a 2001 Scottish trial held in the Netherlands.
- Abdulbasset Al Megrahi was convicted in the same trial for his role in the bombing.
- Fhimah worked for Libyan Airlines in Malta before the bombing.
- Libya handed over Fhimah and Megrahi for trial after UN sanctions were imposed.
- In 2022, the FBI suggested Fhimah was involved based on an alleged confession by another Libyan facing trial in the US.
- Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, the man who made the confession, denies involvement and claims the confession was forced.
- Al-Marimi’s US trial has been delayed multiple times due to new evidence, but the delay is not linked to Fhimah’s death.
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