US prosecutors have claimed that a Libyan man accused of building the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 freely confessed to his role in the attack and other plots targeting Americans.
Abu Agila Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi, 74, allegedly admitted his involvement during questioning at a Libyan detention facility in 2012. He has since said the confession was coerced by masked men who threatened him and his family.
Mas’ud’s lawyers are seeking to suppress the statement ahead of his trial in Washington next April, arguing it was obtained under duress during the post-Gaddafi upheaval, when former regime members faced widespread reprisals, abductions, and torture.
Prosecutors from the US Department of Justice counter that...
