Pan Am 103 Suspected bomb maker arrested 34 years after disaster

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The man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 travelers during Christmas week on Pan Am Flight 103 is finally detained in the United States...according to the Department of Justice.

It is unclear exactly how federal authorities captured the suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, but he is due to appear in federal court on Monday to face charges.

Two years ago, then-Attorney General Bill Barr announced that they were indicting Mas'ud, and they've been hunting him ever since.

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He is accused of making the bomb that tore apart the Pan Am 747 on December 21, 1988. The London-New York flight exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland shortly after takeoff. All 259 people on board - many of whom were returning home for Christmas - were killed, along with 11 others on the ground.

In court documents, the Feds call Mas'ud an expert bomb-maker who began working in a Libyan intelligence group in the 1970s.

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After 34 years, it's pretty amazing how authorities have linked Mas'ud to the Pan Am bombing. According to court documents, a piece of the bomb recovered from the crash site was surrounded by a shirt. This material was possible...