Lockerbie bombing suspect pleads not guilty to charges connected to 1988 terrorist attack

A Libyan man accused of being concerned in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over the city of Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988 pleaded not responsible on Wednesday to a few federal costs introduced towards him in Washington, DC.

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi faces two costs of destruction of an plane leading to loss of life and one cost of destruction of a automobile utilized in overseas commerce by an explosive, leading to loss of life. If convicted, he faces life in jail.

A detention listening to for Mas’ud is scheduled for February 23.

The assault killed 270 folks – 259 aboard the Boeing 747 and 11 on the bottom – when a bomb detonated on the flight over Scotland.

Authorities within the US and Scotland introduced final month that Mas’ud was in US custody. The US charged Mas’ud for his alleged involvement within the bombing two years in the past, a spokesman for the UK Crown Workplace and Prosecutor Fiscal Service beforehand informed CNN. Mas’ud had been in custody in Libya for unrelated crimes when he was charged by the Justice Division two years in the past.

Throughout his preliminary court docket look in December, Mas’ud didn’t enter a plea, citing the necessity to retain counsel earlier than continuing within the case.