A Libyan man accused of building the device in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, is now in U.S. custody, officials told ABC News.
The early morning scene in Lockerbie after Flight Pan Am 103 crashed into the town, Dec., 22, 1988.Nearly 34 years after 270 people, including 190 Americans, died in the mid-air bombing ofover Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan intelligence officer accused of building the explosive device has been taken into custody by the United States to face justice, federal officials told ABC News.
"The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bomb maker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi," the DOJ said in a statement. "Scottish prosecutors and police, working with UK Government and US colleagues, will continue to pursue this investigation, with the sole aim of bringing those who acted along with Al Megrahi to justice," the statement said, referring to a Libyan intelligence operative convicted in 2001 for his role in the Pan Am bombing.Stephanie Bernstein, whose husband, Michael, was among those killed in the bombing, said she learned Mas'ud was in U.S.
"It wasn't clear that ever, ever we could get him. He confessed to the bombing, but to a Libyan authority," Bernstein said, adding she plans to be in court when Mas'ud makes his initial court appearance.
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