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Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan national who was acquitted following his trial related to the Lockerbie bombing, has passed away at the age of 70. Fhimah was accused of being involved in the December 1988 attack on Pan Am Flight 103, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people. Although he was found not guilty, another Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted for his significant involvement in the bombing.
Libyan Airlines announced Fhimah’s death through a Facebook post, extending condolences to his family. Prior to the Pan Am 103 tragedy, Fhimah had been employed by the airline in Malta. His funeral is scheduled to be held in Tripoli, Libya’s capital city. After his acquittal, he was welcomed back to Libya by the then-leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The accused charges against both Fhimah and Megrahi were initially made public by Scotland and the United States in 1991. Due to long-standing United Nations sanctions on Libya, both men were transferred to face trial at a Scottish court convened in the Netherlands. In 2001, three judges sentenced Megrahi to life imprisonment for mass murder but found Fhimah not guilty. Megrahi was later released on compassionate grounds in 2009 and died from cancer in 2012.
More recently, in 2022, the FBI disclosed that Fhimah was implicated once again in connection with the bombing, stemming from an alleged confession by another Libyan suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi. Al-Marimi, who is currently on trial in the United States, reportedly stated to Libyan police that he participated in the bombing plan alongside Fhimah and Megrahi, all former members of Libya’s intelligence service. However, Al-Marimi has denied fabricating the bomb and claims that his confession was coerced. This new evidence has spurred speculation about the possibility of Fhimah facing a second trial. Despite the outstanding indictment from the U.S. government since 1991, legal and political complications remain concerning any renewed prosecution given his previous acquittal under Scottish law
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