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Libyan cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
Al-Marimi is due to stand trial in Washington in January.
In 2001, three judges convicted Megrahi of mass murder and jailed him for life.
Megrahi died from cancer in 2012.
Lockerbie bombing trial postponed
Jury selection was set to begin on a Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Kara Weipz is board president of the nonprofit Victims of Pan Am Flight 103.
Prosecutors say Al-Marimi carried out the bombing at the behest of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial delayed due to new evidence
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.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is charged with making the bomb that downed the airplane.
Prosecutors allege Al-Marimi and others carried out the bombing at the direction of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
“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.”