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Lockerbie bombing trial defendant Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah dies aged 70

Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan who was cleared in the Lockerbie bombing trial, has reportedly died at the age of 70.

  • Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was found not guilty in 2001 of murdering 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
  • His death was announced via a Facebook post by Libyan Airlines, where he worked in Malta before the bombing.
  • Fhimah was implicated again in 2022 through an alleged confession by another Libyan facing trial in the US.

Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing, is reported to have died aged 70. His death was announced by Libyan Airlines via a Facebook post.

Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. In 2001, he was found not guilty by a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands, while Abdulbasset Al Megrahi was convicted.

In 2022, the FBI revealed Fhimah had been implicated again in the case. This was through an alleged confession by Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is due to stand trial in Washington in January.

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