Speaking with reporters in Tripoli, prosecutor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour said the investigation has been opened following a complaint from Mas'ud's family that his extradition was not lawful. Libya and the U.S. have no formal extradition agreement. The family blames authorities in Libya's capital Tripoli for the alleged kidnapping and extradition, it added. The official spokesman for Libya’s Tripoli government did not respond to a request for comment about the investigation. Mas'ud is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the Lockerbie attack but the first to appear in an American courtroom.

Source: Libya Today December 14, 2022 20:14 UTC