Mas'ud has long been sought by prosecutors and suspected of being the 'third man' behind the downing of the American plane over Lockerbie in December 34 years ago.
The man accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 has appeared in a US court.
"My daughter was seven when my husband was killed… The United States government is going to take care of its citizens in life and in death… grateful to the Biden administration." The 243 passengers and 16 crew on board the plane all died. On the ground, in the town of Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 more people died as debris fell on to homes.
Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah was acquitted. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was found guilty and jailed for life in 2012.Suspect Lockerbie bomb maker arrestedMegrahi, who failed twice o have his conviction overturned, was released on compassionate grounds in 2009 and died in Libya in 2012.In 2011 after the overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi, Mas'ud was taken into custody in Libya as part of a sweep of arrests of regime loyalists.
The details of how Mas'ud was transferred from Libyan custody to American hands has not been revealed.Scotland's top law officer to meet US officials
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