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Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, Acquitted in Lockerbie Case, Dies at 70
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan national who was cleared of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died at the age of 70. Libyan Airlines announced his death through a social media post.
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Fhimah was one of two Libyan intelligence officers charged in connection with the attack on Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 259 people aboard the aircraft and 11 on the ground in the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988. The bombing remained one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on British soil.
At trial in the Netherlands under Scottish law, Fhimah was acquitted of all charges related to the bombing. His co-defendant, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted and imprisoned, though he was later released on compassionate grounds in 2009 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Libyan Airlines confirmed Fhimah's death through a Facebook announcement, expressing condolences to his family. No details regarding the cause of death or circumstances surrounding it were disclosed.
The Lockerbie bombing investigation and subsequent trial remained significant chapters in international criminal justice, culminating in one of the most high-profile terrorism cases of the late 20th century.