DOJ: Libyan Suspect in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing in US Custody

A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, in this Dec. 21, 1988 file photo, where the wreckage lay after a bomb aboard exploded, killing a total of 270 people. Martin Cleaver, File/AP Photo

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed on Dec. 11 that the Libyan intelligence official accused of making a bomb that destroyed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 was arrested and is in U.S. custody.

“The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi,” a DOJ spokesperson confirmed to news outlets. “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.”