The U.S. charged Abu Agela Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi for his alleged involvement in the bombing two years ago.
"The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agela Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in U.S. custody," a spokesperson for Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said in a statement toNewsweek
:"He is expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Additional details, including information regarding public access to the initial appearance, will be forthcoming."Georges De Keerle/Getty Imagesnew charges against Mas'ud on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing in 2020, including destruction of an aircraft resulting in death.
Bill Barr, then attorney general, said at the time that the charges were"the product of decades of hard work by investigators and prosecutors who have remained resolute in their dogged pursuit of justice for our citizens, the citizens of the United Kingdom, and the citizens of the other 19 countries that were murdered by terrorists operating on behalf of the former Muammar Qaddafi regime when they attacked Pan Am Flight 103.
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