Lockerbie bombing whistleblower arrested in Libya

Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara, who published documents linking his country’s intelligence service to the Lockerbie bombing, was arrested on national security charges after the files could form evidence against Abu Agila Masud Kheir Al-Marimi. The documents retrieved from the archives of Libya’s former intelligence chief implicate Libyan agents in the Lockerbie bombing and the destruction of a French airliner, leading to Shegwara’s arrest and legal proceedings, despite the documents being deemed authentic and of significant public and historical interest. The files detail tests on bombs hidden in suitcases shortly before the Pan Am Flight 103 attack, with one report implicating Al-Marimi and others in the planning and execution of the attacks, including Senussi’s involvement.

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