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[Published: Thursday September 10 2009]

Africa MPs cheer Lockerbie bomber

Tripoli, 10 Sept-(ANA)-Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has made his first public appearance since receiving a hero's welcome on his return to Libya.

Megrahi, looking frail in a wheelchair, received a standing ovation from a group of African MPs in the hospital where he is receiving care for cancer.

But after five minutes he began to cough and signalled he wanted to leave.

The Scottish authorities freed Megrahi last month on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill.

He is the only person to be convicted of the blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.

His release and subsequent welcome in Libya caused a political storm in the UK.

Opposition groups have accused the British government of tying his release to a trade deal. (ANA)

FA/ANA/10 September 2009---

 


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