LONDON: It is almost 38 years since Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 259 people on board and 11 residents of the Scottish town of Lockerbie, on Dec. 21, 1988. Now, with the news that the trial of the last remaining suspect in the bombing has been postponed, just days before it was due to start, the long-awaited closure sought by the families of the dead has, once again, been put on hold. The trial has been delayed because “newly discovered evidence,” previously unknown to either the prosecution or the defense, emerged on Friday.

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