The Libyan suspect in the attack on a passenger plane that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, is in custody in the United States, US and Scottish authorities announced Sunday.
“The families of those killed in the Lockerbie attack have been informed that the suspect, Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, is in US custody,” the Tax and Crown Services Administration said in a statement, quoted by PA. .
The US Department of Justice confirmed the information, adding that the suspect will appear before a judge for the first time in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Pan Am Flight 103, en route from London to New York, exploded over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 people on board the plane and 11 others on the ground.
It remains the deadliest terrorist attack on British soil.
The United States Department of Justice announced new charges against Al-Marimi in December 2020, on the 32nd anniversary of the attack.
“Ultimately, this man responsible for killing Americans and many others will be brought to justice for his crimes,” then-Attorney General William Barr said at a news conference.
Source: TSF
