Chief Scottish law official vows to prosecute Lockerbie bombers

Published 22 December 2011

Speaking on the twenty-third anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, Scotland’s most senior law officer promised to bring the individuals responsible to justice; Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland said, “I think I would be failing in my duty if I didn’t properly seek to take advantage of the opportunity that has opened up with the fall of Gaddafi”; Mulholland added, “I am determined to get the answers these families deserve”; so far Abdelbaset al Megrahi is the only individual convicted of the bombing; al Megrahi is currently living in Libya after Scottish authorities released him on compassionate grounds on account of his terminal prostate cancer

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