A key suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people, the majority of them Americans, is in U.S. custody, officials confirmed Sunday. “The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi," A Justice Department spokesman said. According to court documents, the operation had been ordered by Libyan intelligence officials, and Gadhafi thanked Masud for "the successful attack on the United States." In 2001, another Libyan intelligence officer, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, became the only person convicted of the attack. But prosecutors argued that was a front for his role as a security officer for Jamahiriya Security Organization, Libya's intelligence branch under then-leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Source: Libya Today December 11, 2022 14:18 UTC