Lockerbie Relative: 'We Want The Truth'

The relative of a young woman who was killed in the Lockerbie bombing has spoken following the naming of two further suspects in the killings.

Rosemary Wolfe, whose step-daughter Miriam was among 270 people killed when Pan Am flight 103 went down over the Scottish town in 1988, said she had little hope that there would be "an enlightened moment" from any interview with the two men.

Investigators in Scotland and the US believe the pair were involved in the attack along with Abdelbaset al Megrahi, who was found guilty of mass murder but died in 2012.

Scottish officers and FBI agents want to travel to Tripoli to interview the two men, whose names have not been released.

Sky News understands the pair are Abu Agila Masud, who is serving a 10-year sentence for bomb-making, and Abdullah al Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi's brother-in-law and spy chief, who is also in jail and awaiting execution.

Mrs Wolfe, whose step-daughter was just 20 when she was killed, told Sky News: "We need to know the truth. We need to know how this happened.

"There have been so many terrorist incidents … since Pan Am 103 happened and if governments don’t do the absolute to name and bring those involved to justice then this can only continue because it becomes too easy the next time around."

She added: "The big question is will the Libyans who are holding them … agree that they be interviewed.

"If they are interviewed will they say … I don’t know how much hope I have that we’re going to get an enlightened moment from talks with them at this point … we’ll just have to see if the Libyans are willing to do this and what happens from there.

"Gaddafi is dead, Senussi is on the verge of being executed.

"So we have gotten some measure of justice because Gaddafi is no longer here but we haven’t gotten the truth and that’s what we want, because there are others who have not been named and we want to see them indicted."

Mrs Wolfe added that she believed there were still more names to be revealed, saying: "These two suspects certainly weren’t the only ones involved.

"Many of us believe that Libya wasn’t the only nation involved."

Scotland's Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC recently met US Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Washington to review progress in the case.

A Crown Office spokesman said: "The Lord Advocate and the US Attorney General are seeking the assistance of the Libyan judicial authorities for Scottish police officers and the FBI to interview the two named suspects in Tripoli."

The Boeing 747 had just taken off from London bound for New York City on 21 December when a suitcase bomb exploded, killing everyone on board.

Another 11 people were killed on the ground as the aircraft exploded in the sky over the small Scottish town.