Libya Given Until Oct. 1 to Hand Over Bombing Suspects
The United States, Britain and France on Friday gave Libya until Oct. 1 to hand over the suspects in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland or face the threat of new sanctions in oil-related, financial and technological areas.
The ultimatum was in a joint statement from the three Western powers after the U.N. Security Council decided to continue aviation, arms and diplomatic sanctions imposed 16 months ago because of Libya’s refusal to surrender two men indicted in the case for trial in the United States or Britain.
The jumbo jet exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground.
Libya was also punished for failing to cooperate with a French investigation into the midair bombing of a UTA flight that blew up over the West African nation of Niger on Sept. 19, 1989, killing 171 people.
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