Libyan who was cleared over Lockerbie bombing dies aged 70

A Libyan man acquitted after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died, according to his former employer.

Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, also known as Lamin, was cleared of involvement in the bombing which killed 270 people when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above Lockerbie on December 21 1988.

His co-accused, the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, is the only man convicted in relation to the bombing, after being found guilty of 270 counts of murder by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting at a special court in the Netherlands n 2001. 

His death was announced by Libyan Airlines, for whom he had worked

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