Lockerbie bombing suspect, a Libyan man in US custody

A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody. The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging that he played a key role in the bombing on 21 December 1988.

The blast on board the Boeing 747 flight from London to New York over the Scottish town left 270 people dead. It is the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken



place on British soil.

All 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet died while another 11 people were killed in Lockerbie when wreckage destroyed their homes.

Last month it was reported that Masud had been kidnapped by a militia group in Libya, leading to speculation that he was going to be handed over to the American authorities to stand trial.