Libyan Acquitted of Lockerbie Bombing in 2001 Dies, With Alleged Bombmaker’s Trial Still Pending

Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, a former Libyan Airlines manager acquitted of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died in Libya. Fhimah was found not guilty in January 2001 during a trial held in the Netherlands under Scottish law. His co-accused, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted and later controversially released on compassionate grounds, dying in Libya in 2012.

• 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.