U.S. Obtains Custody of Lockerbie Suspect in Libya

On December 12, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has obtained custody of a suspect in the bombing on December 21, 1988, of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland after a bomb was placed in the cargo area of the plane.  Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi (Mas’ud), 71, of Tunisia and Libya, made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal charges, unsealed on the day of his initial appearance.[1]