The Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that killed hundreds of people when it exploded on a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland more than 30 years ago made his first appearance in a US courtroom on Monday.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is one of three Libyan intelligence officials accused of participating in the plot that killed killed 259 people aboard the plane and 11 more on the ground, and his extradition and prosecution marks a milestone in the US investigation into one of the earliest major acts of international terrorism to affect the country.
