Federal Judge Delays Lockerbie Bombing Trial After More Evidence Disclosed
Among those who died at Lockerbie were 35 students from Syracuse University, who were returning home from a semester in Europe.
TL;DR
- Trial of former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi postponed.
- Accused in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
- Jury selection was scheduled to begin on August 26th.
- Postponement due to new evidence presented by defense attorneys.
- Bombing resulted in the deaths of 259 people on board and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.