Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
A federal judge has postponed the trial in the United States for a Libyan man accused of involvement in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, according to prosecutors. The delay was prompted by the discovery of new evidence that defense attorneys wish to investigate, according to Judge Dabney Friedrich. Jury selection was originally scheduled to commence on Wednesday for the federal trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi in Washington, D.C.
The trial marks the first of its kind in the U.S. for the bombing that took place on December 21, 1988. Al-Marimi, who is a former Libyan intelligence official, faces charges related to the bombing which resulted in the deaths of 270 individuals, the majority of them Americans. Two other Libyan intelligence agents were tried by Scottish judges in 2000, with one convicted and the other acquitted. However, the identity of the bombmaker remained unresolved for many years.
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