Fhimah

Fhimah, full name Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah, is a Libyan national best known for his involvement in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. He and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi were Libyan suspects charged in connection with the attack. Fhimah had worked for Libyan Arab Airlines and was based at Luqa Airport in Malta, a link investigators cited to the logistics of the operation.

In 1999, the United States and United Kingdom jointly indicted Megrahi and Fhimah for murder and conspiracy in the bombing. They were tried by a Scottish court sitting at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. On January 31, 2001, the court convicted Megrahi and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years; Fhimah was acquitted on all charges.

Fhimah did not face further prosecution related to Lockerbie. Megrahi remained imprisoned until his release on compassionate grounds in 2009 and died in 2012. The case caused the deaths of 270 people and remains a focal point in discussions of international terrorism, cross-border criminal investigations, and judicial cooperation.