Lockerbie bomber buried

The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance.

Lockerbie bomber buried

Yesterday’s quiet funeral in Tripoli stands in stark contrast to the hero’s welcome Abdel Baset al Megrahi received three years ago upon his return to Libya after serving eight years of a life sentence.

To the outrage of victims’ relatives, Scottish authorities released al Megrahi on humanitarian grounds in 2009 after doctors predicted an early death due to prostate cancer.

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