Lockerbie bombing: New charges filed against bombmaker after alleged confession over 1988 terror attack

The US Justice Department has presented new charges against a Libyan bombmaker over the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 above the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final news conference of Attorney General William Barr’s tenure, underscoring his personal attachment to a case that unfolded during his first stint at the Justice Department.

He had announced an earlier set of charges against two other Libyan intelligence…