12/17/2020 - BLACK AND WHITE ONLY: File photo dated 22/12/88 of the wrecked nose section of the Pan-Am Boeing 747 in Lockerbie, near Dumfries. Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, has said he hopes "some truth will come out" after it emerged the US Justice Department expects to unseal charges in connection with the attack. The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain's largest terrorist atrocity. (Photo by PA Images/Sipa USA) *** US Rights Only ***
Lockerbie bombing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final news conference of Attorney General William Barr’s tenure, underscoring his personal attachment to a case that unfolded during his first stint at the Justice Department.
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He had announced an earlier set of charges against two Libyan intelligence officials in his capacity as acting attorney general nearly 30 years ago, vowing that the investigation would continue.
