Justice Dept. plans to unseal charges against another Pan Am bombing suspect

The Justice Department plans in coming days to unseal charges against a suspected conspirator in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, an act of terrorism that killed 270 people and has frustrated American law enforcement officials for more than three decades.

Federal prosecutors in Washington are expected to unseal charges next week against Abu Agila Mas’ud, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the charges have not been formally announced. Mas’ud is a longtime suspect in the case who allegedly helped build the bomb that brought down the plane.