🔗 Share this article American Prosecuting Attorneys Assert Libyan National Voluntarily Confessed to Pan Am Flight 103 Attack The Pan Am Flight 103 incident killed 270 victims in the late 1980s US government attorneys have stated that a Libyan man freely confessed to taking part in operations against Americans, including the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 incident and an unsuccessful plot to target a American public figure using a booby-trapped garment. Statement Details Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir al-Marimi is said to have acknowledged his participation in the deaths of 270 victims when Pan Am 103 was exploded over the Scotland's area of the region, during questioning in a Libya's detention facility in 2012. Referred to as the defendant, the 74-year-old has stated that several hooded individuals compelled him to deliver the statement after menacing him and his relatives. His lawyers are trying to block it from being employed as proof in his court case in Washington in 2025. Courtroom Battle In reply, attorneys from the American justice department have stated they can prove in court that the confession was "voluntary, trustworthy and accurate." The availability of the suspect's claimed confession was first revealed in the year 2020, when the United States declared it was accusing him with creating and priming the bomb utilized on the aircraft. Legal Team Allegations The defendant is charged of being a ex- official in Libyan intelligence agency and has been in US confinement since 2022. He has stated not responsible to the allegations and is scheduled to appear in court at the US court for the Washington DC in the coming months. Mas'ud's attorneys are working to block the trial from being informed about the confession and have presented a motion asking for it to be suppressed. They contend it was obtained under coercion following the revolution which overthrew the Libyan leader in the early 2010s. Alleged Intimidation They claim former officials of the ruler's government were being targeted with illegal murders, abductions and mistreatment when the suspect was seized from his residence by hostile persons the next time. He was transported to an informal prison facility where additional detainees were reportedly beaten and harmed and was by himself in a tiny cell when several hooded persons gave him a solitary sheet of documentation. His attorneys stated its manually written contents started with an command that he was to admit to the Pan Am Flight 103 attack and an additional violent act. Substantial Terror Incidents The defendant asserts he was instructed to memorise what it said about the incidents and repeat it when he was interviewed by another person the subsequent time. Being concerned for his safety and that of his offspring, he said he believed he had no choice but to obey. In their reply to the defense's motion, lawyers from the federal prosecutors have stated the tribunal was being requested to withhold "very relevant testimony" of the suspect's responsibility in "two major terror events directed at Americans." Government Responses They assert the suspect's account of occurrences is implausible and false, and assert that the contents of the admission can be corroborated by credible independent proof collected over several decades. The prosecutors claim Mas'ud and additional former members of Gaddafi's intelligence agency were kept in a secret detention facility run by a militia when they were questioned by an seasoned Libyan investigator. They assert that in the turmoil of the post-uprising period, the facility was "the safest place" for Mas'ud and the other personnel, accounting for the hostility and opposition sentiment prevailing at the time. Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi has been in custody since recent years Interrogation Information According to the investigator who interrogated Mas'ud, the location was "properly managed", the detainees were not confined and there were no indications of abuse or pressure. The investigator has stated that over 48 hours, a composed and fit defendant detailed his role in the attacks of Pan Am 103. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also claimed he had acknowledged creating a explosive which exploded in a Berlin venue in the mid-1980s, killing three persons, comprising several American soldiers, and injuring dozens others. Other Accusations He is also said to have described his role in an attempt on the safety of an anonymous American diplomatic official at a public event in Pakistan. The suspect is alleged to have described that someone with the US politician was bearing a booby-trapped overcoat. It was the suspect's mission to trigger the device but he opted not to act after learning that the individual bearing the item did not understand he was on a fatal assignment. He decided "not to push the trigger" even though his commander in the secret service being alongside at the moment and asking what was {going on|happening|occurring