US - Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, Bomb suspect in Lockerbie, Scotland (Pan Am flight 103) in US custody, December 2022

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Officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in U.S. custody

Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people aboard the plane and another 11 on the ground — it remains the deadliest…

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Dec 11 2022
''LONDON (AP) — U.S. and Scottish authorities 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.''

Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said in a statement that “the families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in U.S. custody.”

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed the information, adding that “he is expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.” It gave no information on how Mas’ud came to be in U.S. custody.''

''While Mas’ud is now the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, he would be the first to stand trial in an American courtroom.


The Crown Office in its statement added that “Scottish prosecutors and police, working with U.K. government and U.S. colleagues, will continue to pursue this investigation, with the sole aim of bringing those who acted along with al-Megrahi to justice.”

 

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Man accused of being bombmaker in Lockerbie terrorist attack in US custody

The bombing of the Pan Am flight 103 killed 270 people in Britain’s largest terrorist attack

www.independent.co.uk

Suspected Pan Am Flight 103 bomb-maker from Libya is arrested for murders over Lockerbie

Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in U.S. custody and facing U.S. charges, 34 years after bombing.

www.syracuse.com

''Pan Am flight 103, traveling from London to New York, exploded over Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people aboard the plane and another 11 on the ground. It remains the deadliest terror attack on British soil.

The U.S. Justice Department announced new charges against Al-Marimi in December 2020, on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing.

“At long last, this man responsible for killing Americans and many others will be subject to justice for his crimes,” William Barr, the attorney general at the time, said at a news conference.''

''The murdered passengers included 35 SU students who were returning home after a semester studying in London. Five others from Central New York, including two State University College at Oswego students, were also killed.''

 

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With suspect in custody, spotlight returns to 1988 bombing

The announcement Sunday that a Libyan man suspected in the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet has been taken into U.S. custody put the spotlight back on ...

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''The announcement Sunday that a Libyan man suspected in the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet has been taken into U.S. custody put the spotlight back on the notorious terrorist attack and longstanding efforts to pursue those responsible.

The suspect, Abu Agila Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, is accused of building the bomb that destroyed a Pam Am flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. The attack killed all 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground. The majority of those killed were Americans.

Thirty-four years later, the public’s memories of the attack have largely faded, despite developments in the case that have intermittently returned it to the headlines. Here’s a look back:

HOW DID THE LOCKERBIE ATTACK HAPPEN?

On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb planted aboard Pam Am Flight 103 exploded less than half an hour after the jet departed London’s Heathrow airport, bound for New York.''

The attack destroyed the jet, which was carrying citizens of 21 countries. Among the victims were 190 Americans. They included 35 students from Syracuse University in upstate New York who were flying home after a semester abroad. To this day, the bombing remains the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on British soil.''

 

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Call for UN to choose Lockerbie bomb trial court

Abu Agila Masud should not go on trial in the US or Scotland, according to campaigner Dr Jim Swire.

www.bbc.com

Abu Agila Masud is accused of making the bomb which killed 270 people.

He is expected to appear in court in Washington DC later on Monday.

 

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Dec 12 '22

Lockerbie Bombing Suspect to Make First U.S. Court Appearance

A Libyan explosives expert is expected in a Washington courtroom Monday, charged with assembling the device that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

www.wsj.com

''Much of the case is based on a confession Mr. Masud allegedly gave after Gadhafi was overthrown and killed. After Gadhafi’s ouster, Mr. Masud was jailed for allegedly plotting against the Libyan revolution.

In his confession, prosecutors said, Mr. Masud said he worked with two other Libyan intelligence officials to carry out the attack.

The two officials, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, came to his hotel in Malta in the days before the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing, instructed him to set a timer on an explosive device packed inside a suitcase to go off 11 hours later, and handed him $500 to purchase clothes to put in the suitcase, according to the 26-page affidavit filed in connection with Mr. Masud’s charges.''

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 left destruction on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.PHOTO: ROY LETKEY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Dec 11 '22

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Families of Pan Am bomb attack victims call for immediate trial

The accused Pan Am flight 103 bomber remains in U.S. custody, but the victim's families tell 11 News they still feel far from getting justice.

www.wbaltv.com

 

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The trial of a man alleged to have helped make the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie more than 30 years ago has been delayed, US court papers have confirmed.

Libyan national Abu Agila Mas'ud was scheduled to go on trial in Washington on 12 May, but district court judge Dabney L Friedrich has agreed to a postponement following submissions from the prosecution and defence.

According to a court document, lawyers had raised the issue of the case's complexity, and the amount of time they had to adequately prepare for both pretrial proceedings and the trial itself.

Abu Agila Mas'ud: US judge agrees to delay Lockerbie bombing trial

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 - which took place as the plane made its way from London to New York - remains the UK's worst terrorist attack.

news.sky.com

 

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I just finished a very interesting new documentary on Discovery+ called "Lockerbie The Bombing of Pan Am 103." They talk to family members of the victims and some of the original investigators. So senseless and tragic.

 

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Joe Bernstein

@Bernstein


My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for @NYTmag

Immediately after the bombing, the idea took root that my father’s unusual and violent death was rich with meaning directly related to his work. In a letter to my mother, the secretary of state, George Shultz, wrote, “That it happened as your husband was returning home after the successful conclusion of very important negotiations with Austria makes it even more painful.” Would it have been less painful if he sold vinyl siding? Would it have been less painful if he got hit by a car? The press detected a tragic resonance. “They talk of such a gentle man dying so violently, of how one who ferreted out murderers from one era would fall to those of another,” wrote a legal affairs columnist in The Times.“Terror comes full circle,” blared a headline about my father in The Evening Standard, which called him “one of America’s foremost Nazi hunters.” “Symbolic,” read a section heading. This was before there were even suspects in the bombing.

My Father Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

He was a Nazi hunter — and was killed in the Lockerbie bombing. What does it mean to seek justice for his death?

www.nytimes.com

 

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Joe Bernstein
@Bernstein


My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for @NYTmag

Immediately after the bombing, the idea took root that my father’s unusual and violent death was rich with meaning directly related to his work. In a letter to my mother, the secretary of state, George Shultz, wrote, “That it happened as your husband was returning home after the successful conclusion of very important negotiations with Austria makes it even more painful.” Would it have been less painful if he sold vinyl siding? Would it have been less painful if he got hit by a car? The press detected a tragic resonance. “They talk of such a gentle man dying so violently, of how one who ferreted out murderers from one era would fall to those of another,” wrote a legal affairs columnist in The Times.“Terror comes full circle,” blared a headline about my father in The Evening Standard, which called him “one of America’s foremost Nazi hunters.” “Symbolic,” read a section heading. This was before there were even suspects in the bombing.

My Father Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

He was a Nazi hunter — and was killed in the Lockerbie bombing. What does it mean to seek justice for his death?

www.nytimes.com

Wow, that was an excellent read. Thank you for sharing it!

 

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DNA extracted from Lockerbie bomb suitcase, 37 years ...​

https://www.thetimes.com › UK › Crime
''39 minutes ago — Scientists will test the sample for a match to the Libyan suspect facing trial in America for the terrorist attack over Scotland in which ...''