Lockerbie families welcome identification of new Libyan suspects

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Lockerbie families welcome identification of new Libyan suspects

Families of some of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie airline bombing have welcomed news that two new Libyan suspects have been identified by Scottish and US investigators.

One is understood to be Abdullah al-Senoussi, Colonel Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief.

The other is thought to be Abu Ajeela Mas’ud – the man identified in the newly-aired documentary ‘My Brother’s Bomber’ made by Ken Dornstein whose brother David died in the attack.

“I hope that there is a moment where he can stand trial, the evidence could be put to him, the questions could be put to him and we can find out once and for all whether he was the bomb expert in this case and whether the entire theory of who carried it out and why, that I believe is true, is actually true,” Dornstein said.

Pam Am flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988 en route from London to New York

In 2001, Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was jailed for life and remains the only person to have been convicted over the bombing.

Megrahi, who protested his innocence, died in Libya in 2012.

He had been released three years earlier by Scotland’s government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. His family and some relatives of the Scottish victims believe he was wrongly convicted.

As regards the new Libyan suspects, questioning them may prove difficult.

Both are said to be imprisoned in the war-torn country where two rival governments are vying for control.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/16/lockerbie-families-welcome-identification-of-new-libyan-suspects/

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-17

[cookee68]

but will anything change

[boomerangutang]

In primitive countries, murderers are allowed to roam free. Some reasons why: people forget, they forgive, they get bored, etc.

: In more advance countries, particularly those with good forensics, killers are pursued, even years after their crimes.

In the KT double murder case, Thai police quit looking for the real criminals 3 weeks after the crime.

[connda]

Almost 30 years ago. Time to move on...

[Dap]

Almost 30 years ago. Time to move on...

I think if I had lost someone I loved in that crash I'm

pretty sure I'd still want to know why, and I don't

believe the passing of time would make the loss any

easier to deal with.

[Soutpeel]

Almost 30 years ago. Time to move on...

How long ago was the Vietnam war...we still have people going on about that even on TV .....and they have got very miffed when i suggested the same thing

[boomerangutang]

I don't think there should be any statute of limitations on murder. There's none in the US. In Thailand, it's 20 yrs.

Lockerbie was a large planeload of innocents. Despicable. Anyone involved should be hunted down and given the gravest penalty. I didn't like how Scotland prison system let one of the bombers go. When he returned to Libya, he got a hero's welcome.

[tartempion]

Almost 30 years ago. Time to move on...

Certainly NOT.

Also the criminals who shot down MH17 are cowards, why don't they show their face and show respect to 200 families in pain by admitting their "error"?