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Lockerbie bombing suspect to appear in U.S. court

12 December 2022 20:18 (UTC +04:00)

A Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that killed 270 people on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 will appear in a federal court in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the U.S. Justice Department said, APA reports citing Reuters.

The capture over the weekend in Libya of suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi comes nearly 34 years after a bomb on board the Boeing 747, which was flying from London to New York City, killed all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.

Mas'ud, who allegedly confessed his crimes to a Libyan law enforcement official back in September 2012, is tentatively due to make his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather at 1 p.m. ET (1800 GMT).

Mas'ud is one of three people whom U.S. and British law enforcement officials have alleged were involved with the 1988 bombing.

In 1991, two other Libyan intelligence operatives, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, were charged in the bombing.