Convicted Lockerbie bomber buried in Libya

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AAA??May. 21, 2012?9:14 AM ET Convicted Lockerbie bomber buried in Libya By RAMI AL-SHAHEIBIBy RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI, Associated Press?? FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday May 20, 2012 nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.(AP Photo/File) FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday May 20, 2012 nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.(AP Photo/File) FILE This Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 file photo shows Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, center, being helped down the airplane steps on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday May 20, 2012 nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60. (AP Photo) FILE - Undated file photo, issued by the British Crown Office of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing. al-Megrahi who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of a PanAm flight over Scotland that killed 270 people, was released from a Scottish prison in 2009 on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with a fatal cancer. He was reported by his son to have died Sunday May 20 2012. (AP Photo/Crown Copyright) FILE - A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland where it lay after a bomb aboard exploded, killing a total of 270 people, in this December 21, 1988 file photo. The son of the former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the bombing says his father has died. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released in 2009 from his Scottish prison on humanitarian grounds. Al-Megrahi suffered from prostate cancer. His death was announced on Sunday May 20 2012 by his son, Khaled. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File) TRIPOLI (AP) ? The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance. Monday's quiet funeral in Tripoli stands in stark contrast to the hero's welcome Abdel Baset al-Megrahi received three years ago from his patron, dictator Moammar Gadhafi, upon his return to Libya after serving eight years of a life sentence in Scotland. To the outrage of victims' relatives, Scottish authorities released al-Megrahi on humanitarian grounds in 2009 after doctors predicted an early death due to prostate cancer. The midair attack that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland claimed the lives of 270 people. Until his death at 60, al-Megrahi claimed he was innocent. Associated Press

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