What to know: US court hearing held for alleged Lockerbie bombmaker
Summary
A US judge in Washington, DC, has scheduled a hearing for Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. The trial has been delayed to allow Mas’ud’s lawyers time to review new evidence.Key Facts
- Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is accused of making and delivering the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.
- The bombing killed all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.
- Among the victims were 190 Americans and 43 people from the UK, plus 35 students from Syracuse University returning to New York.
- Mas’ud worked for Libya’s external intelligence agency and is charged with destruction of an aircraft resulting in death, punishable by life in prison.
- He pleaded not guilty and was arrested in 2022 after charges were filed in 2020.
- The US government alleges the bombing was ordered by then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- Jury selection was delayed by a US District Judge to allow the defense team to examine newly discovered evidence.
- The 1988 Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history.
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