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arrested

ADJECTIVE
taken into custody
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Those previously arrested as part of the investigation are:

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The investigation was reopened in 2016 when US authorities learned that Masud had been arrested following Gaddafi's fall, and had confessed his involvement in the bombing to the new Libyan authorities.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

He was arrested Sunday and released on $5,000 bail, court records show.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

In Akwa Ibom state, operatives acting on credible intelligence intercepted a wooden boat on the high seas last Friday, which was heading to Cameroon, and arrested three people on board.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

But Mrs. Kleermaker accepted it gratefully, plunging into the story of how her husband had been arrested some months before, her son gone into hiding.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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