A former Libyan intelligence officer will face court 34 years after the plane attack over Scotland that killed 270 people.
| A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish and US law enforcement officials said on Sunday.
Court documents described Mas’ud as an expert bombmaker who joined Libya’s External Security Organisation intelligence service in the 1970s and took part in a number of operations outsideA military source in the Libyan city of Misrata said Mas’ud had been flown from the airport there. Reuters could not immediately establish when.
Fhimah was acquitted of all charges, but Scottish prosecutors have maintained that Megrahi did not act alone.In 2020, the United States unsealed criminal charges against Mas’ud, a suspected third conspirator, adding he had worked as a technical expert in building explosive devices. During the interview, Mas’ud “admitted to building the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 and to working with Megrahi and Fhimah to execute the plot,” the FBI agent’s statement said.Mas’ud also told the interviewer he was involved in other similar plots, and said the bombing was ordered by Libyan intelligence leadership.
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