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270 people died! A suspect in the Lockerbie tragedy in Scotland was detained in the United States

The man accused of making the plane bomb that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland 34 years ago and killed 270 people USAIt was reported that he was detained in Scottish authorities, the families of those who lost their lives in the Lockerbie tragedy suspect Abu Agila Muhammad Masut USAthat it is stored in USA An official from the Ministry of Justice said in a statement to the press that Masut was the alleged perpetrator of the bomb. The Lockerbie tragedy, brought under control. Masut’s first hearing is expected to be held in the federal court in the capital Washington.

2020In 2010, the United States indicted Masut, whom it suspected of being a third party in the attack, and said that Masut worked as a technical expert in the construction of explosive devices.

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On December 21, 1988, Heathrow, the capital of England weather from the port of John F. Kennedy International in New York, USA Weather Pan Am flying to the port Weather Boeing 747-121, flight number 103 belonging to the airline, was passing over the city. Lockerbie exploded in the air. A total of 270 people lost their lives in the attack, including all 259 people on the plane and 11 people in the settlement.

In 1991, Libyan intelligence agents Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah were indicted for the bombing. Megrahi 20In 2001, he was found guilty of the explosion and sentenced to life imprisonment. Megrahi 20In 2009, he was released by Scotland due to cancer. Megari died in 2012.

Fhimah was acquitted of all charges, but Scottish prosecutors attacked Megrahi alone they defended that he did not act. The ousted leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, who claimed that he did not order the said attack, admitted that Libya was responsible for the Lockerbie tragedy in 2008 and decided to pay compensation to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack. (UAV)

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