General
Lockerbie bombing: New charges filed against bombmaker after alleged confession over 1988 terror attack
The US Justice Department has presented new charges against a Libyan bombmaker over the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 above the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Key points:
- Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is being charged over constructing the bomb
- The breakthrough in the investigation is linked to a 2012 interview with Masud
- Masud is now the third Libyan intelligence official charged in connection to the attack
The charges were announced on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing and in the final news conference of Attorney General William Barr’s tenure, underscoring his personal attachment to a case that unfolded during his first stint at the Justice Department.
He had announced an earlier set of charges against two other Libyan intelligence…
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