WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Monday postponed the trial of the man authorities allege built the bomb that blew New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people in 1988. Jury selection had been scheduled to begin on Wednesday in the trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, a Libyan intelligence operative who prosecutors allege once confessed to his role in the 1988 bombing. In the decision to postpone the trial, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich cited the discovery of new evidence that defense attorneys want to examine.

A federal judge has postponed a trial in the U.S. for a Libyan man charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing the discovery of new evidence that defense attorneys…

Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing new evidence