Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody - CNN

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A Libyan antheral accused of being progressive successful making the weaponry that destroyed Pan Am formation 103 implicit the municipality of Lockerbie successful December 1988 is present successful US custody, authorities successful the United States and Scotland said Sunday.

The US charged Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi for his alleged engagement successful the bombing 2 years ago, a spokesperson for the UK Crown Office and Prosecutor Fiscal Service told CNN.

The onslaught killed 270 radical arsenic the weaponry detonated implicit the Scottish municipality arsenic it flew from London to New York.

The US Justice Department issued a connection Sunday greeting confirming that the US had “taken custody of alleged Pan Am formation 103 bombmaker” Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, saying helium is expected to marque his “initial quality successful the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,” according to a spokesperson.

The connection did not place a circumstantial day for his tribunal appearance, but said much details would beryllium forthcoming.

The UK authoritative told CNN that “the families of those killed successful the Lockerbie bombing person been told that the fishy “Mas’ud” oregon “Masoud” is successful US custody. “Scottish prosecutors and police, moving with UK Government and US colleagues, volition proceed to prosecute this investigation, with the sole purpose of bringing those who acted on with Al Megrahi to justice.”

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi was accused on with Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah of placing explosives successful a portable cassette and vigor subordinate that was wrong a suitcase connected the plane. Megrahi was sentenced successful 2001 to 27 years successful prison, but was released from situation aft being diagnosed with cancer. He died successful 2012. Fhimah was acquitted.

The Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest violent onslaught to person taken spot successful the United Kingdom. It killed 259 radical connected committee the airliner, on with 11 connected the ground.