Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in US custody

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington. The arrest of Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is a significant milestone in the decades-old investigation into the attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground. In December 2020, American authorities announced charges against Masud, who was in custody in Libya at that time. Masud is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in the case. He’d be the first to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution.