London - (AFP) - The Scottish judiciary announced Sunday that Libya, suspected of making the bomb that was used to blow up an American plane over the city of Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people, is now being held in the United States.

The Scottish Public Prosecution said that "the families of the victims of the Lockerbie attack have learned that the suspect, Abu Ageila Muhammad Masoud, is being held in the United States," and expressed its intention to "continue the investigation to bring those involved with al-Megrahi to justice," referring to the Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only suspect who was convicted. in the background of the explosion.