In brief
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan national accused of the Pan Am 103 bombing, was acquitted by a Scottish court in 2001 and later cleared again in 2022 after new evidence emerged. He died at 70 in Tripoli, Libya, prompting tributes from the Libyan airline and his family. Fhimah’s case has long remained a focus of investigations linking Libyan intelligence to the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. The death comes amid renewed scrutiny of the trial and the unresolved charges that still linger in U.S. files.
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan national who was accused of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie air‑liner bombing, has died at the age of 70. Fhimah was acquitted by a Scottish court in 2001 after extensive proceedings that also convicted his Libyan co‑accused, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, for the attack.
The Libyan airline issued a condolence message on Facebook, and his funeral is scheduled in Tripoli. Fhimah had long denied any role in the bombing, a charge that many in the international community still scrutinize.
Additional evidence surfaced in 2022, involving an alleged confession from another Libyan, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al‑Marimi, who claimed Fhimah was part of a plot. The confession remains contested and may trigger new legal action, though the Double Jeopardy Act in Scotland limits re‑trial on the same charge.
In 2012, Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds after a life sentence, a development that drew comparison to the unresolved status of Fhimah’s case. The death of Fhimah at 70 marks the end of a long‑standing chapter in the investigation of the Lockerbie bombing and the legacy of Libya’s role in international terrorism.
