Conley
05-20-2012, 11:18 AM
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at his home in Libya.
Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001.
He was freed from Scottish jail in 2009 on compassionate grounds because of cancer, stirring controversy when he outlived doctors' expectations.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a day to remember the 270 victims of "an appalling terrorist act".
Mr Cameron, who is in Chicago for a Nato summit, said Megrahi should never have been freed, Reuters news agency reports.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond also said Megrahi's death was an occasion to remember the victims of Lockerbie.
He said Lockerbie was still a live investigation and that Scottish prosecutors had never believed Megrahi was the only person responsible.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18137896
I still can't believe they let that POS out. Today should be a day to remember the victims.
Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001.
He was freed from Scottish jail in 2009 on compassionate grounds because of cancer, stirring controversy when he outlived doctors' expectations.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a day to remember the 270 victims of "an appalling terrorist act".
Mr Cameron, who is in Chicago for a Nato summit, said Megrahi should never have been freed, Reuters news agency reports.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond also said Megrahi's death was an occasion to remember the victims of Lockerbie.
He said Lockerbie was still a live investigation and that Scottish prosecutors had never believed Megrahi was the only person responsible.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18137896
I still can't believe they let that POS out. Today should be a day to remember the victims.