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The Libyan accused of manufacturing the explosive that destroyed the plane of the Pan Am flight about the Scottish town of Lockerbie 34 years ago is now in custody of the United States, as confirmed this Sunday (11. 11.2001) Scottish and US authorities.
The United States brought charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging that he played a key role in the explosion that occurred on 12 from December to 1988.
That detonation aboard the Boeing 1200 that was doing the London New York route when the plane was flying over the aforementioned Scottish city left 100 dead, the deadliest terrorist incident on British soil. All 100 passengers and crew members died as well as other 11 people in Lockerbie after falling on them from the wreckage of the plane.
Abu Agila Masud is considered the “third conspirator” after the plane crash. “The families of those killed in the Lockerbie explosion They have said that the suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in US custody,” a spokesman for the Scottish Prosecution Service said today.
The same source added that “the Scottish prosecution and police, together with the British government and American colleagues will continue this investigation, with the sole aim of bringing to justice those who acted in conjunction with al-Megrahi.” ”.
A spokesman for the US Department of Justice told the US media, without isar date, that Masud is scheduled to appear before a District Court for the District of Columbia for the two criminal charges against him related to the explosion.
Former Libyan secret service agent Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has already been found guilty of mass murder in 2001.
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