A Libyan man suspected of making a bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 and killed 270 people — including 190 Americans — has been taken into U.S. custody.
The wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Photo: Georges De Keerle/Getty Images
The Lockerbie bombing remains the single deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out in the United Kingdom and the second deadliest terrorist attack for Americans.A Department of Justice official confirmed to AP that Mas’ud had been taken into U.S. custody and would make an initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
He was imprisoned for life but was released in 2009 by the Scottish government after being diagnosed with cancer and died in Libya in 2012.
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