LONDON/WASHINGTON - A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish and US law enforcement officials said on Sunday (Dec 11). Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi was taken into custody about two years after.
WASHINGTON (AP) A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken in.
Authorities announced overnight that Abu Agila Masoud (pictured) was being held on suspicion of playing a key role in destroying the Pan Am flight 103, 34 years ago.