Rival Libya PM calls for US to release Lockerbie accused

Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival prime ministers, called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 (Yousef Murad/AP/PA)

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 after he surfaced in US custody earlier this week.

American authorities said Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimihad been arrested and would face trial in the United States. On Monday, he appeared in a Washington, DC, federal court, where he was charged with an act of international terrorism.