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New charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing


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WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, according to a person familiar with the case.

The bombing of Flight 103, whose victims included dozens of American college students, spurred global investigations and produced sanctions against Libya, which ultimately surrendered two intelligence officials for prosecution before a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands.

Monday is the 32nd anniversary of the bombing.

ABC News report

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The US has announced charges against a Libyan suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Abu Agila Mohammad Masud has been charged with terrorism-related crimes, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, 32 years on from the atrocity.

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A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said.

The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging that he played a key role in the bombing on 21 December, 1988.

The blast on board the Boeing 747 left 270 people dead.

It is the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken place on British soil.

All 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London died while another 11 people were killed in Lockerbie when wreckage destroyed their homes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63933837

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The Libyan man in US custody accused of being the Lockerbie bomber should be tried in a court chosen by the United Nations, according to a leading campaigner.

Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103, said the trial should not take place in the US or Scotland.

Abu Agila Masud is accused of making the bomb which killed 270 people.

He is expected to appear in court in Washington DC later on Monday.

Other families have welcomed news he will be tried in the United States.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63937640

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