Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Dead

Posted by | May 20, 2012 11:07 | Filed under: Top Stories


Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died three years after he was let out of prison because of bad health.

The Libyan national died at age 60 after a long fight with prostate cancer, his relatives told the Associated Press. He was the only person ever convicted in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, a passenger plane that exploded over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.

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