Third Lockerbie bomb suspect now in US custody, officials say

Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused of setting timer for bomb that destroyed Boeing 747, killing 270 people

A Libyan accused of preparing the bomb that killed 270 people when an explosion ripped through Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is now in US custody, officials have confirmed.

Scottish prosecutors, who have been closely involved in the investigation, said the families of those who were killed have been told" that Mohammed Abouagela Masud had been extradited to the United States.