U.S. Justice Department charges Libyan in 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges accusing a Libyan bomb expert in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
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Posted: Dec 21, 2020 11:32 AM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
A man looks at the main memorial stone in memory of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in the garden of remembrance near Lockerbie, Scotland, on Friday.(Scott Heppell/The Associated Press)
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges accusing a Libyan bomb expert in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
The US Justice Department brought charges against a Libyan man suspected of assembling the bomb that resulted in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.
In a statement the Justice Department said former Libyan intelligence operative, Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, aka, “Hasan Abu Ojalya Ibrahim”, was being charged for his role in the bombing. These charges are the product of decades of hard work by investigators and prosecutors who have remained resolute in their dogged pursuit of justice for our citizens, the citizens of the United Kingdom, and the citizens of the other 19 countries that were murdered by terrorists operating on behalf of the former Muamar Qaddafi regime when they attacked Pan Am Flight 103,” said William Barr, Attorney General of the United States.
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New charges were issued against a former Libyan intelligence operative bomb maker for his role in the attack that killed 270 people on Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed terrorism-related criminal charges against Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, also known as Hasan Abu Ojalya Ibrahim or Masud, for building the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 1o3, according to the DOJ. Masud was arrested and interviewed by a Libyan law enforcement official in September 2012, and he remains in Libyan custody, the DOJ said.
“Let there be no mistake: No amount of time or distance will stop the United States, and its partners in Scotland, from pursuing justice in this case,” Attorney General William Barr said in a statement.
US charges bomb maker in 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 attack that killed 270 people including Massachusetts native Nicole Elise Boulanger
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
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Thirty-two years after a terrorist attack killed 270 people aboard Pan Am Flight 103, the United States Department of Justice announced new charges against a third individual, who authorities said created the bomb that killed 190 Americans.
The new charges announced on Monday are against a former Libyan intelligence operative, Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, aka, “Hasan Abu Ojalya Ibrahim.” Authorities said Mas’ud created the bomb that killed 270 people including Nicole Elise Boulanger, a student from Shrewsbury attending Syracuse University.
Relative of Lockerbie victim praises investigators for bringing new charges in connection with deadly terror attack
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated December 21, 2020, 3:38 p.m.
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The stepmother of a 20-year-old man with Massachusetts ties who was killed in the 1988 terror bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland said Monday that his family was grateful to learn US authorities had issued new charges against a Libyan bomb expert in connection with the devastating blast.
âWeâre are grateful the investigation has continued with Scotland, the UK and the US working together and have identified another person responsible,â said Jean Jones, the stepmother of the late Christopher Jones, via email Monday.