The bombing of the Pan Am flight 103 killed 270 people in Britain’s largest terrorist attack
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The nose section of Pan Am Flight 103 lies in wreckage December 21, 1988 from an explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland (Picture: Georges De Keerle)
A man accused of being the bombmaker in Britain’s largest terrorist attack is now in US custody.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is said to be the ‘third conspirator’ behind the downing of Pan Am flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.
All 259 passengers and crew were killed by the explosion on the plane travelling from London to New York.
Meanwhile, 11 more people died when the wreckage destroyed their homes.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was found guilty of mass murder in 2001.
A spokesperson for the Crown Office said: ‘The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi (‘Mas’ud’ or ‘Masoud’) is in US custody.
‘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.’
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