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Suspect charged in 1988 Lockerbie explosion taken into US custody

A Libyan intelligence official, Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, has been taken into U.S. Custody for his alleged role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, as stated by the Justice Department.
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 resulted in the deaths of 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground, marking a significant act of international terrorism.
Masud is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in connection with the attack and will be the first to face prosecution in an American courtroom.
The Justice Department announced that Masud faces two criminal counts related to the explosion and will appear in federal court in Washington soon.

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