Middle East - Voice of America: Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Dies After Cancer Battle

Middle East - Voice of America middle-east

Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Dies After Cancer Battle May 20th 2012, 15:24 A former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died of cancer in Tripoli, nearly three years after Scottish authorities released him from prison on compassionate grounds.    Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died at his home Sunday at the age of 60.  He was the only man convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 attack that destroyed a U.S. passenger jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, 11 of them on the ground.  ... Media files: 55C01CBE-D5CF-449E-891C-95AF278BBA56_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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