US brings new charges in Lockerbie bombing case

A former Libyan intelligence officer was charged in relation to the airplane bombing after current Libyan officials provided information to the US Department of Justice.
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US Attorney General William Barr holds a news conference to provide an update on the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the 32nd anniversary of the attack, at the Department of Justice on Dec. 21, 2020, in Washington, DC. Barr announced criminal charges against one of the alleged Libyan bombmakers. The bombing occurred on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people onboard and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. - Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images
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The United States announced new charges today against a former Libyan intelligence officer pertaining to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi was charged with the destruction of an aircraft resulting in death and in the destruction of a vehicle by means of an explosive resulting in death, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Monday.

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