Washington - The dying Lockerbie bomber to the U.S. television channel CNN nachInformationen be released.
DieUS government had been "informally" informed of the intention of schottischenBehörden to put the Libyans Abdel Bassit Ali Mohammedal-Megrahi released, CNN reported on Wednesday unterBerufung to sources in the State Department.
Previously warbekanntgeworden that wants the Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskillan explain this Thursday afternoon whether the Libyerbegnadigt can and will return to his homeland.
The 57-year-old Libyan was 2001wegen the worst terrorist attack in Britain zulebenslanger detention was convicted.
In December 1988, exploded in a machine-line DERUS PanAm bomb. The plane tore into the air over the Scottish town undstürzte from Lockerbie. 270 people, including all passengers and crew and Lockerbie residents, were killed. Al-Megrahi is suffering from end-stage prostate cancer. Many members had responded to a possible premature Entlassungentsetzt. Even Hillary Clinton anda plurality of U.S. senators had demanded to leave Al-Megrahi, the whole Strafefür serve its participation in the bombing.