a libyan man accused of being involved in the pan am flight 103 in december 1988 made his first court appearance in washington, d.c. today. the suspect allegedly helped make the bomb that detonated over the scottish town of lockerbie, which killed 270 people, 190 were americans and 35 stuntds from syracuse university s study abroad program. finally facing justice in a u.s. court almost 34 years since he allegedly set the timer on the lockerbie bomb that would kill 270 people. the libyan intelligence agent was previously in libyan custody. how he got to washington, unclear, but a triumph for justice and the victim s
LONDON (AP) Authorities in Scotland said Sunday that the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody.