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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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A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing is reported to have died aged 70.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Lockerbie bombing has been the subject of a joint Scottish-US investigation since December 1988.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

One was Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, the Libyan agent convicted of playing a central role in the plot at the first Lockerbie trial 25 years ago.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The deeper I dug, the more complicated Lockerbie became and there have been times that I don't know what to believe.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Most of his life was spent in Indianapolis, where he lived on the quiet Lockerbie Street which he celebrated in one of his poems.

From The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. Elson

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