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Pan Am Flight 103 was en route from London to New York when it exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, killing a total of 270 people.

A Libyan suspect in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland Wednesday pleaded not guilty Wednesday. The bombing killed 270 people, 259 aboard the plane and 11 on the ground.

 

Journalist Ian Urbina traveled to Libya to investigate prisons where migrants have been reportedly held, tortured, and killed. But just over one week later, he himself was captured by armed men claiming to be from the Libyan Intelligence Service. Learn more here: https://www.theoutlawocean.com

Kingsberry case The High Court in Belfast granted permission in early July for the family of a former member of the UDA, William Kingsberry – shot dead in 1991, to sue Libya for supplying the assault rifle used by the IRA unit that killed him.  New approach The Kingsberry case, which is civil not criminal, is a new approach to gaining compensation for those killed or injured by Libyan-supplied matériel – and will be the first of many. Kevin Winters of KRW Law is bringing a number of civil...

Thirty-two years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, new charges have been brought against the man suspected of making the bomb that took down the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland. U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that the department was charging former Libyan Intelligence officer Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi. He is accused of providing a Samsonite suitcase with a Toshiba cassette player that was armed with an explosive. The charges come after decades of investigations i...

Filmmaker Details Investigation That Identified Alleged Pan Am Flight 103 Bomb-Maker Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. A long investigation by Ken Dornstein, a documentary filmmaker whose brother died in the attack, identified Libyan Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi as the possible maker of the bomb that shattered the New York-bound Boeing 747 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Steven Senne / AP Thirty-two years after the bombing of P...

Originally published on February 10, 2021 1:06 pm Thirty-two years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, new charges have been brought against the man suspected of making the bomb that took down the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland. U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that the department was charging former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi. He is accused of providing a Samsonite suitcase with a Toshiba cassette player that was armed with an explosive....

New Lockerbie bombing suspect to be charged by the US Lucia Binding, news reporter The US is expected to unseal charges against another suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people, US media is reporting. © Getty Libya claimed responsibility for the 1988 attack A Libyan intelligence officer identified as Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is in custody in Libya and will be extradited to the US to stand trial, the Wall Street Journal said. The majority of the vi...

The US is expected to unseal charges against another suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people, US media is reporting. A Libyan intelligence officer identified as Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is in custody in Libya and will be extradited to the US to stand trial, the Wall Street Journal said. The majority of the victims on the London to New York flight were American citizens. In 2001, Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was the only person convicted of the ...