Services mark Lockerbie bombing 35 years on from ‘senseless act of violence’
A memorial service marking 35 years since the Lockerbie bombing has paid tribute to the 270 people who died in the “senseless act of violence”.
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the town in Dumfries and Galloway, 40 minutes into its flight from London to New York.
All 259 passengers and crew were killed, including 35 students from the University of Syracuse, along with 11 Lockerbie residents.
Victims were of 21 different nationalities, and 190 were American.
The crime scene covered 845 square miles, including rural Tundergarth, where wreaths were laid outside Tundergarth Church – which sits opposite
