Libyan Acquitted of Lockerbie Bombing in 2001 Dies, With Alleged Bombmaker’s Trial Still Pending
The bombing killed 190 Americans, including 35 Syracuse University students and 43 British nationals, including 11 residents of Lockerbie.
TL;DR
- Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, acquitted of the Lockerbie bombing, has died in Libya.
- Fhimah was found not guilty in January 2001 at a trial in the Netherlands.
- His co-accused, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted and died in Libya in 2012.
- The Lockerbie bombing occurred in 1988, bringing down Pan Am Flight 103.
- Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was controversially released on compassionate grounds in 2009.