Man accused of being bombmaker in Lockerbie terrorist attack now in US custody: Scottish authorities

Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said in a statement: '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.'

U.S. and Scottish authorities said Sunday that the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody.

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed the information, adding that "he is expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia."

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