Pan Am Flight 103
Flight bombed by a terrorist over Scotland in 1988
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| 2025 | A federal trial for Abu Agila Masud is set to take place. |
| December 2024 | A section of the aircraft's wreckage was announced to be transported to the US as evidence for a new trial against Abu Agila Masud, with the trial set to begin in May 2025. |
| 2023 | Abu Agila Masud pleaded not guilty to charges related to the Lockerbie bombing. |
| December 2023 | Federal trial date set for May 2025 for the Lockerbie bombing case. |
| February 2023 | Pled not guilty to charges related to the Lockerbie bombing. |
| December 2022 | Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah stated Libya would not extradite Senussi to the United States, allegedly due to public anger over a previous extradition. |
| December 2022 | Arrested in connection with the Lockerbie bombing case. |
| December 11 2022 | The United States confirmed they had Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi in custody. |
| August 2021 | Gunmen stormed water distribution centers, demanding Senussi's release within 72 hours. He remained in custody of the RADA Special Deterrence Forces. |
| July 2021 | Saif al-Islam Gaddafi claimed in an interview that his father resumed horseback riding after the Lockerbie bombing, suggesting it was a point of perceived vindication for Muammar Gaddafi. |
| December 2020 | Families of IRA bombing victims demanded his extradition to the United Kingdom from the British Home Secretary. |
| December 2020 | Formally charged by the United States for his role in the Lockerbie bombing. |
| December 21 2020 | On the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, US Attorney General announced charges against Abu Agela Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi for terrorism-related crimes connected to the bombing. |
| March 2019 | Twenty family members and tribe members called for Senussi's release, citing medical problems and the potential for national reconciliation. |
| May 6 2018 |
Daniel Cohen
Daniel Edward Cohen passed away, concluding a lifetime of writing and advocacy for justice following the Lockerbie bombing.
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| June 2017 | Transferred to the Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli by Haitham Tajouri's Tripoli Revolutionaries' Brigade, where he was seen having an Iftar meal with family and tribe members. |
| October 2015 | Scottish prosecutors announced they wanted to interview two new Libyan suspects over the bombing. |
| July 2015 | Senussi was sentenced to death by a Libyan court, sparking mass protests in Sabha and Brak, with his Magarha tribe threatening to disrupt water supply to Tripoli. |
| September 2013 | Senussi's daughter Anoud was kidnapped by Libyan security forces after serving a 10-month sentence for using a forged passport, allegedly for her 'own protection'. |
| 2012 | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi died, remaining the only person convicted for the Lockerbie bombing. |
| September 2012 | Senussi admitted to the killing of Imam Musa Sadr during questioning by Lebanese officials, stating Saeed Rashed carried out the actual killing. |
| September 5 2012 | Mauritania extradited Senussi to Libyan authorities, initiating a trial for crimes committed during his time as a close assistant to Gaddafi. |
| March 17 2012 | Abdullah Senussi was arrested at Nouakchott airport in Mauritania, with the Libyan government requesting his extradition. |
| 2011 | After the fall of Gaddafi, Mas'ud was arrested and imprisoned in Misurata, Libya, and later transferred to Al-Hadba prison in Tripoli. |
| February 23 2011 | Mustafa Abdul Jalil, former Libyan Justice Minister, alleged that Muammar Gaddafi personally ordered Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to bomb Pan Am Flight 103 during the Libyan Civil War. |
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