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Abu Agila Mohammad Masud faces extradition to the United States, reports say
Masud was allegedly a bombmaker for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi
The Justice Department expects to unseal charges in the coming days
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, over Lockerbie, Scotland, more than 30 years ago spurred global investigations and produced sanctions against Libya
Only one man - Abdel Baset al-Megrahi - was ever convicted over the bombing
The announcement of a new prosecution would likely carry personal significance for Attorney General Bill Barr, who is leaving the position next week
He held the same job when charges were first revealed nearly 30 years ago
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The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, according to a person familiar with the case.
The bombing of Flight 103, whose victims included dozens of American college students, spurred global investigations and produced sanctions against Libya, which ultimately surrendered two intelligence officials for prosecution before a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands.
U.S. to charge new suspect in 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 35 Syracuse University students
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London s Heathrow International Airport to New York s John F. Kennedy International Airport was destroyed and the remains landed in and around the town of Lockerbie, Scotland. Forensic experts determined that plastic explosive had been detonated in the Boeing 747-121 forward cargo hold. The death toll was 270 people from 21 countries, including 11 people in the town of Lockerbie. (Ap Photo)AP
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Washington Federal prosecutors are expected to charge a new suspect in the airline bombing 32 years ago over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 35 Syracuse University students coming home from abroad.