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British judiciary : two new suspects in Lockerbie attack.

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London, 16.10.2015 - (Lana) - The public prosecution in Scotland , yesterday Thursday , said that it had identified two Libyans , suspected to be involved in the explosion of the 'Pan American' plane over the Scottish Lockerbie city in 1988 , which resulted in the killing of 270 people. The public prosecution , in its statement , said the Scottish and American officials , had agreed that there is an intact basic in the law , that would allow the Scottish and American investigators , to consider two Libyan suspects , in the continued investigation in the 'Pan American 103' explosion over Lockerbie. The statement added , that these two , are suspects in the attack as well as 'Abdul-Baset Magrahi' , who was convicted in 2001 for the plane explosion , and he was the only one convicted in this case. The Scottish public prosecution , yesterday Thursday , sent an official request to the Libyan public prosecution in Tripoli , indentifying the suspects , and calling on cooperation. The statement added , that the supreme counsel and the American attorney general , asked the Libyan judicial authority , to assist Scottish police officers and the EBI , to interrogate the two named suspects in Tripoli. The Scottish government had released 'Magrahi' in 2009 on humanitarian reasons , after discovering he had cancer , and died in Libya in 2012. In 2003 , the Gaddafi regime had took responsibility over the explosion , and paid 2.7 billion dollars at the time , in compensations for the victims' families , as part of number of measures , aimed at getting close with the west. =Lana=