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Heathrow remembers Lockerbie dead Heathrow remembers Lockerbie dead
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Some 300 people are expected to attend a private memorial service in London to mark the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie tragedy. A private memorial service has taken place at Heathrow Airport in London to mark the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie tragedy.
Pan Am Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York exploded in the skies above the Scottish town on 21 December 1988.Pan Am Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York exploded in the skies above the Scottish town on 21 December 1988.
All 259 people on board were killed and a further 11 died on the ground below.All 259 people on board were killed and a further 11 died on the ground below.
Relatives and former Pan Am employees are taking part in the Heathrow chapel service, led by Rev John Mosey, whose daughter Helga died in the atrocity. Relatives and former Pan Am employees took part in the airport chapel service, led by Rev John Mosey, whose daughter Helga died in the atrocity.
The Heathrow service will take place on Sunday evening. Services were taking place at Lockerbie and in the US, including at New York State's Syracuse University, which lost 35 students in the bombing.
Services are also being held at Lockerbie and in the US. Some 500 people were also expected to attend a remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC.
Found guilty
New York State's Syracuse University, which lost 35 students in the bombing, will hold a memorial service, and some 500 people are expected to attend a remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was found guilty of mass murder following a trial at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands in 2001.Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was found guilty of mass murder following a trial at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands in 2001.
Al Megrahi, who was recently diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, has consistently denied responsibility for the bombing and a second appeal against his conviction will be heard next year.Al Megrahi, who was recently diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, has consistently denied responsibility for the bombing and a second appeal against his conviction will be heard next year.
Among those giving a reading at the Heathrow service will be Dr Jim Swire, the Midlands GP who lost his daughter in the tragedy. Among those due to give a reading at the Heathrow service was Dr Jim Swire, the Midlands GP who lost his daughter in the tragedy.
He is leading a campaign for the release of Al Megrahi.He is leading a campaign for the release of Al Megrahi.