Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key [...] The post Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70 appeared first…
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan who had been cleared after standing trial for the Lockerbie bombing, passed away at the age of 70. Fhimah was accused of orchestrating the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people. He was ultimately found not guilty, while another Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Fhimah, who worked for Libyan Airlines in Malta prior to the bombing, received a hero's welcome upon his return to Libya under the rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Recently, the FBI revealed that Fhimah had been implicated in the case again, based on an alleged confession by another Libyan named Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is currently facing trial in the United States.
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