Suspect to be charged over Lockerbie bombing – US media
US media is reporting that the justice department is due to unseal charges against a Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988.
Some 270 people were killed in the terror attack, which took place just days before Christmas.
The bombing led to global investigations and produced sanctions against Libya.
Monday will be the 32nd anniversary of the bombing.
The suspect is said to be a Libyan intelligence officer by the name of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud.
Mr Masud is a long-time suspect in the case and is alleged to have helped build the bomb that brought down the plane.
News of the expected criminal case was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. It’s unclear what the likelihood is of him being brought to the US for trial.
Neither the US justice department nor the Libyan authorities have publicly commented on the issue.
But the case has personal significance for the outgoing Attorney General William Barr.
He was serving in the same role nearly 30 years ago when two other Libyan intelligence officials were indicted for the bombing.
