How is it the US has jurisdiction in the Lockerbie case?? - just curious!
A bunch of US citizens were on board
The majority of the victimes were Americans:
Monday is the 32nd anniversary of the bombing which killed a total of 270 people, including 190 Americans and 11 people on the ground.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2020/12/us-libya-lockerbie-justice.html#ixzz6gpWdYJ86
Geographically it wasn’t in their jurisdiction. But many of the victims were United States citizens.
“How is it the US has jurisdiction in the Lockerbie case?? - just curious!”
The Scottish had overall jurisdiction, but our interests were represented because it involved a U.S. flagged carrier, and most of the passengers were Americans.