Abu Agila Masud

In Custody
Full name:Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi
Date of birth:1951
Age:75
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2020s
State:Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 11 Months 24 Days
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Abu Agila Masud

Biography

Abu Agila Masud is a retired Libyan Colonel who served as a senior operative in the Gaddafi regime. In 2022 he was abducted by armed militia members and transferred to U.S custody under allegations he had built the bomb used in the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Prosecutors allege that he constructed the explosive device in his capacity as a Libyan intelligence officer. He is currently awaiting trial.

Case

Charges: Destruction of aircraft resulting in death; original indictment also charged destruction of a vehicle used in foreign commerce by an explosive resulting in death. Federal Lockerbie bombing prosecution, 1:22-cr-00392-DLF
Arrested: December 2022
Incarcerated: Nov 17, 2022
Prosecutor: Erik M. Kenerson; Brittany Keil; Jerome J. Teresinski; Kathleen Campbell; Jennifer Burke
Judge: Dabney L. Friedrich
Indicted: November 29, 2022
Convicted: No

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