Mandela to visit Lockerbie bomber

Former South African president Nelson Mandela will visit Scotland tomorrow to meet the Lockerbie bomber, it was confirmed today.

Mandela to visit Lockerbie bomber
Sun, 09 Jun, 2002 - 14:12

Former South African president Nelson Mandela will visit Scotland tomorrow to meet the Lockerbie bomber, it was confirmed today.

Mr Mandela is keen to see what conditions the Libyan intelligence agent Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is being held under at Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow where he is serving a life sentence.

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