- Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive that brought down Pan Am Flight 103, appeared in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism.
- The Justice Department announced that Mas’ud had been taken into U.S. custody, two years after it revealed that it had charged him in connection with the explosion.
- On December 21, 1988, in the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United Kingdom, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 270 passengers and crew. Read More