According to ABC News, a crucial Lockerbie Bombing Suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi In US Custody for the bombing of an airplane 34 years ago that killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, has been detained and will likely face charges.
The Justice Department said on Sunday that Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi had been taken into custody in relation to the 1988 attack.
Also, according to ABC News, the department declared in a statement that. “The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bomb maker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi.”
Although it was not immediately clear on Sunday when Al-Marimi will make his initial court appearance, it is anticipated that he will do so in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The bomb that exploded on the flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, just 38 minutes after it took off from London’s Heathrow Airport was reportedly created by Al-Marimi, a Libyan intelligence operative. John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was the destination of the aircraft.
Al-Marimi was charged with killing someone while destroying an airplane. Also, killing someone while destroying a car with explosives two years ago. According to CNN, he was detained at the time in Libya for unrelated charges.
Lockerbie Bombing Suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi In US Custody: Past And Charges
Al-Marimi worked as a technical expert for Libya’s External Security Organization, between 1973 and 2011, the prosecution claims.
Also, He is charged with constructing the device in a suitcase that was brought onto the aircraft. A timer was used to set the device to go off after 11 hours. At 31,000 feet, it detonated, spreading debris almost 800 miles away. The debris that dropped from the skies killed nearly a dozen Scots people.
One of the individuals who was charged with collaborating with Al-Marimi in the assault was found not guilty. While the other was given a prison term but eventually passed away from cancer.
35 Syracuse University students who were heading home for the holidays were among the Americans on board.
