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December 21, 2020
The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
Fargo South High School graduate Steven Berrell was among the 270 people who were killed. Berrell was with a group of students from Syracuse University who were returning home from a trip to Europe.
The Pan Am Boeing 747 was en route from London to New York.
“It just helps bring additional closure to the situation, so that’s always a positive. Just an amazing amount of work that’s gone on over the last 32 years of this case and the fact that the FBI continued to be diligent and hard pressing and trying to bring this last suspect to justice,” Steven Berrell’s brother Rob Berrell said.
The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing. By Press Association Monday 21 Dec 2020, 4:34 PM Dec 21st 2020, 4:34 PM 7,077 Views 0 Comments
The wrecked nose section of the Pan-Am Boeing 747 in Lockerbie, Scotland.
Image: PA
Image: PA
THE US JUSTICE Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bomb expert over the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final news conference of US attorney general William Barr’s tenure, underscoring his personal attachment to a case that unfolded during his first stint at the Justice Department.
US Announces New Charges in Pan Am Terrorist Bombing
(CNN) US Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced criminal charges against an alleged bombmaker in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Masud was charged for his involvement in the bombing.
Monday is the 32nd anniversary of the attack, which killed 270 people, the majority of whom were Americans. The Pan Am Boeing 747 was en route from London to New York.
The announcement also brings Barr’s service as attorney general a position he’s held twice full circle.
Last week, when he told President Donald Trump of his resignation, Barr asked to delay his departure by a week so he could announce the Lockerbie charges, one of the sources said.