Abu Agila Masud, a Libyan intelligence official, will face federal charges in Washington over alleged involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the U.S. Justice Department said Sunday. This comes after Scottish authorities announced yesterday that Masud had arrived in U.S. custody. The Associated Press reported today that, although he is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the attack, he would be the first to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution. Charges against Masud were first announced by American authorities in December 2020. He was being held at a Libyan prison for unrelated crimes when the Justice Department unsealed the charges, which include destruction of an aircraft resulting in death.

Source: Libya Today December 12, 2022 13:22 UTC