Lockerbie bomber freed

The Lockerbie bomber is to be freed on compassionate grounds, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced today.

Lockerbie bomber freed
Thu, 20 Aug, 2009 - 14:30

The Lockerbie bomber is to be freed on compassionate grounds, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced today.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, is serving a life sentence for murdering 270 people when a Pan Am plane was brought down over the Scottish town in 1988.

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