Tripoli confirms two new Lockerbie suspects, including Gaddafi spy chief

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[October 16, 2015]  TUNIS (Reuters) - The two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing probe are Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a second man, Mohammed Abu Ejaila, a spokesman for the government in Tripoli said on Friday.

Senussi is currently being held in a jail in Tripoli after he was sentenced for his role in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising against Gaddafi. No details were immediately available on the second suspect in the 1988 airline bombing.

Jamal Zubia, director of the media office of the Tripoli government, sent a message to journalists confirming the names but saying the Libyan attorney general's office had not been officially informed about the two suspects.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elumami in Tripoli; Writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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