Libya weighs up US trial for Lockerbie suspect
Extradition could help ruling powers forge international links
Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent
Sunday December 20 2020, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, in December 1988
MARTIN CLEAVER
The fate of a former Libyan intelligence operative named by the American authorities as a suspect in the Lockerbie bombing hangs in the balance this week as Libyan authorities debate whether they will allow him to be extradited to face trial.
Abu Aguila Mohammad Masud, who worked as an intelligence operative under the former ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, reportedly admitted to involvement in the attack during questioning by local forces in Libya. He is thought to be in Tripoli, where he has been serving a 10-year sentence on unrelated charges.
Masud is suspected of having helped build the bomb that exploded on board Pan Am flight 103 on December 21, 1988, over the town of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, killing all 259 people on board and 11