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US To Charge Lockerbie Bomb Suspect

The US will soon announce charges against a Libyan suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, US media say.

Prosecutors will soon seek the extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud to stand trial in the US, reports say. He is currently being held in Libya, according to the Wall Street Journal. This has not been confirmed by the Libyan authorities.

The blast on board a Boeing 747 over the Scottish town left 270 people dead.

Most of the victims on board the flight from London to New York were American citizens. Eleven people on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest terrorist incident ever to have taken place on British soil.

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Police Disguised As Santa And An Elf Bust Drug Dealer In Peru

Peruvian police drugs-squad members disguised as Santa Claus and an elf swooped into a house in Lima not to deliver gifts but to capture a suspected cocaine and dope dealer as part of an anti-drug operation.

The agents, dressed in red, white and green outfits with flak jackets hidden underneath, arrived in an undercover van on Sunday before breaking into the house with a large hammer to apprehend their suspect.

«We are the police, we are the green squad, this is an anti-drug operation,» one of the agents yelled in footage filmed by police of the raid, as he pinned the suspect to the ground and handcuffed him in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima.

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Japan ‘Twitter Killer’ Sentenced To Death

A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan.

Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the «Twitter killer», was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat.

The 30-year-old had admitted to murdering and dismembering his victims — almost all of whom were young women he met on the social media platform.

The serial killings triggered debate over how suicide is discussed online. More than 400 people turned up to watch the verdict on Tuesday, despite the court only having 16 seats available for the public, reported local media.

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US Orders Emergency Action After Cyber Security Breach

US federal agencies have been hacked in a way that may have let a foreign power monitor government communications.

The treasury and commerce departments have both been attacked. And all federal civilian agencies have been told to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion, a computer network tool being exploited by «malicious actors».

FireEye, a company that provides US government cyber-security, says it identified the problem after its own hacking tools were stolen last week.

Government, technology and telecom organisations across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East had all fallen victim to «a global campaign» employing «top-tier operations tradecraft and resources», FireEye said. And this was consistent with state-sponsored attackers «patiently conducting reconnaissance [and] consistently covering their tracks».

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New York Police Kill Gunman Firing Shots Outside Cathedral

A man armed with two pistols has been shot dead by police after opening fire near a cathedral in New York.

Officers say the incident happened at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in Manhattan on Sunday near a crowd gathered for a Christmas concert.

As yet the man — who yelled «Kill me» as he began shooting — has not been identified.

Police Commissioner Dermot F Shea said it was «by the grace of God» that nobody had been injured.

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