US Lockerbie victims set to receive Libya compensation

The US has begun transferring more than US$500m (€391.2) in Libyan compensation money to the families of American victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland.

US Lockerbie victims set to receive Libya compensation

The US has begun transferring more than US$500m (€391.2m) in Libyan compensation money to the families of American victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland.

A US official said $504m (€394.3m) of $536m (€419.4m) to be distributed to the families was moved from the Treasury to a private account administered by their lawyers on Friday.

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