CNN and ITN News are reporting that the Scottish government has decided to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds because he is dying from terminal prostate cancer.
Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.
The CNN report goes further than the wire services. They wires are reporting that Scotland's justice secretary has made a decision that will be announced Thursday but they don't say what the decision is.
An Associated Press excerpt:
A statement released Wednesday says Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill has "informed families and other interested parties that he has reached his decisions on the applications for prisoner transfer and compassionate release."
A Scottish government spokeswoman says the minister's decision will not be released before Thursday.
Al-Megrahi was the sole person convicted in 2001 of taking part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988...
Many families of the 270 victims, 259 who were on the Boeing 747 with the remaining victims on the ground, fiercely oppose al-Megrahi's release.
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