Scotland Denies Bomber Release

摘要

The Scottish government has denied widespread reports that a deal has been struck to allow Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, to be released on compassionate grounds. Countering claims that al-Megrahi, who is suffering from prostate cancer, would return home next week, a spokesman was reported as saying that no decision has been made and that all the representations are still being considered ahead of a possible decision next month.