{"id":24167,"date":"2022-12-11T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24167"},"modified":"2022-12-11T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T13:44:10","slug":"lockerbie-bombing-suspect-in-us-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/12\/11\/lockerbie-bombing-suspect-in-us-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The blast on board the Boeing 747 left 270 people dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken place on British soil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London died while another 11 people were killed in Lockerbie when wreckage destroyed their homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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