Pan Am Flight 103 crash site, Lockerbie, Scotland.
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FARGO (KFGO) – Thirty-two years to the day, federal investigators announced charges Monday against a Libyan man accused of being a bomb-maker in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people, including a young Fargo man.
The suspect, a former Libyan intelligence officer and an explosives expert, Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is not yet in U.S. custody and is currently in prison in Libya.
Steve Berrell, the 20-year-old son of Bob and Sally Berrell of Fargo, was part of a group of 35 students from New York’s Syracuse University who were returning from a trip to Europe when the aircraft exploded.
The US Justice Department unsealed new charges against a third Libyan man in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, including 190 Americans.
The suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, is a Libyan intelligence official and is charged with two criminal counts related to the bombing.
“Let there be no mistake: no amount of time or distance will stop the United States and our Scottish partners from pursuing justice in this case,” Barr said at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, DC on Monday, the 32nd anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
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17 Dec 2020 / 07:51 H.
By Sarah N. Lynch and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The United States is expected to soon unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people mostly Americans, according to a person familiar with the case.
The suspect, identified by the Wall Street Journal as Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, is a Libyan intelligence official whom the Journal reported is in custody in Libya and will be extradited to the United States to stand trial.
The case, to be unveiled in the coming days, would mark the second time Attorney General William Barr has overseen charges in connection with the bombing.