Lockerbie bombing trial
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Libyan cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
Libyan Airlines announced Fhimah's death via a Facebook post.
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah died aged 70.
The charges against Fhimah and Megrahi were first announced by Scotland and the United States in 1991.
Lockerbie bombing trial postponed
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich did not specify the nature of the new evidence in her order.
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people.
Investigators allege Al-Marimi brought a suitcase containing a bomb to an airport in Malta and handed it off to co-conspirators for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial delayed due to new evidence
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich scheduled a Sept. 1 hearing in Washington to discuss the status of the case.
The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killed 270 people.
A federal judge postponed the U.S. trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 due to the discovery of new evidence.
“If that’s what this is, then that’s a good thing, and this delay is worth it. ... It’s important to hear all the facts.”