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| Lockerbie bomber Megrahi says 'truth will emerge' | |
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| The man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has told the Reuters news agency the truth would emerge soon. | |
| Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was interviewed in his home in Tripoli where he has lived since being sent home from a Scottish prison. | |
| He had been serving a life sentence for murdering 270 people in the bombing but was released on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with cancer. | He had been serving a life sentence for murdering 270 people in the bombing but was released on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with cancer. |
| He was released in August 2009, with an estimated three months to live. | |
| Megrahi is seen in the Reuters interview in bed with oxygen containers beside him, although he was not wearing an oxygen mask. | Megrahi is seen in the Reuters interview in bed with oxygen containers beside him, although he was not wearing an oxygen mask. |
| He told the interviewer he had only a few months to live at best. | He told the interviewer he had only a few months to live at best. |
| Megrahi also described how he was running short of vital medicine and said he had only enough pills to last four days. | |
| "I have a problem with medicine," he said. | |
| "Now there is a Tunisian person who is trying to find alternative medicine. I have only four tablets and after this it will finish. It will finish in four days. | |
| "My friends and family are trying to bring me the medicine from outside. | |
| "Why is this the way I am treated? I did not harm anyone. I never harmed anyone in my life." | |
| The convicted bomber has previously claimed he would release new information about the atrocity but little new has emerged. | The convicted bomber has previously claimed he would release new information about the atrocity but little new has emerged. |
| He told Reuters: "The facts (about the Lockerbie bombing) will become clear one day and hopefully in the near future. In a few months from now, you will see new facts that will be announced. | He told Reuters: "The facts (about the Lockerbie bombing) will become clear one day and hopefully in the near future. In a few months from now, you will see new facts that will be announced. |
| "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks or months." | "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks or months." |
| Megrahi was found guilty of bombing Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988. | Megrahi was found guilty of bombing Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988. |
| All 259 people aboard the plane, which was travelling from London to New York, were killed along with 11 others on the ground. | All 259 people aboard the plane, which was travelling from London to New York, were killed along with 11 others on the ground. |
| Megrahi, who had served as an intelligence agent during the rule of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, denied any role in the human rights abuses committed by Gaddafi's administration. | Megrahi, who had served as an intelligence agent during the rule of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, denied any role in the human rights abuses committed by Gaddafi's administration. |