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British Lockerbie families demand further inquiry

Relatives of the British victims of the Lockerbie bombing Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the tragedy, calling for an independent inquiry into the worst mid-air terror attack ever in Europe.

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Relatives of the British victims of the Lockerbie bombing Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the tragedy, calling for an independent inquiry into the worst mid-air terror attack ever in Europe.

The pressure group UK Families Flight 103 said in a statement it welcomed Libya's recent decision to renounce its secret plan of developing mass destruction, but still want further investigations so as to reach a "just resolution" to the tragedy.

"The government used the passage of time to erase the need to hold such an inquiry into the unresolved murders of 270 people, the biggest mass murder of the 20th century on British soil," the group said.

The Lockerbie tragedy killed 259 people on the Pan Am flight and 11 residents in the southwestern Scottish town on Dec. 21, 1988.

Abdelbassett Ali al-Megrahi, believed to be a Libyan intelligence agent, was jailed for life after being found guilty of the bombing.

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