Libyan accused in Pan Am bombing appears in court

WASHINGTON >> More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism

The extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir AlMarimi was a milestone in the decades-old investigation into the attack that killed 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground.

“Although nearly 34 years have passed since the defendant’s actions, countless families have never fully recovered,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson said during a court proceeding.