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US unveils new charges against suspect in 1988 Lockerbie bombing Ed Pilkington in New York US Justice Department charges Libyan over 1988 Lockerbie bombing Replay Video (Video by Press Association) A Libyan man accused of being the bomb-maker behind the terrorist attack that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 has been charged in a US court for his alleged role in the murder of 270 people. Mohammed Abouagela Masud was charged on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing, which took place on 21 December 1988, killing all 259 people on the plane as we...

U.S. charges third suspect in 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland Matt Zapotosky Replay Video UP NEXT The Justice Department on Monday announced it has charged a suspected participant in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people and is considered one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Abu Agila Mas’ud was charged in a criminal complaint with helping make the bomb used in the attack, Attorney General William P. Barr said at a news conference. Barr said the operation was ordered by the leadership of Libyan...

US set to announce new charges over Lockerbie plane bombing Severin Carrell Scotland editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Roy Letkey/AFP/Getty Images US authorities are expected to unseal charges against a Libyan they accuse of being the master bomb-maker behind the Lockerbie bombing, only days before the anniversary of the terror attack. William Barr, the outgoing US attorney general, is expected to confirm publicly within days that the US has indicted a former Libyan intelligence officer, Mohammed Abouagela Masud, accusing him of completing the device which blew ...

Justice Dept. plans to unseal charges against another Pan Am bombing suspect Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky The Justice Department plans in coming days to unseal charges against a suspected conspirator in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, an act of terrorism that killed 270 people and has frustrated American law enforcement officials for more than three decades. Federal prosecutors in Washington are expected to unseal charges next week against Abu Agila Mas’ud, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity ...