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Lockerbie

British

/ ˈlɒkəbɪ /

noun

a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a jumbo jet was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town

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At the Justice Department, Mueller prosecuted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the perpetrators of the Lockerbie bombing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

It joined Dunblane, Aberfan and Lockerbie, and later Southport, as towns forever associated with tragedy.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

There are rinks in Dumfries and Lockerbie which are able to boast an impressive list of past and present champions in both the men's and women's games.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Others were not so well prepared and families with young children were ferried to rest centres set up in Lockerbie and Moffat.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

UN sanctions were suspended in April 1999 and finally lifted in September 2003 after Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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