US Justice Department charges bombmaker in 1988 Lockerbie plane attack
6 shares Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, December 21, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground. The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final news conference of Attorney General William Barr’s tenure, underscoring his personal attachment to a case that ...
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