Lockerbie Bomber's Health 'Deteriorating,' Hospital Says
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi's health is deteriorating, according to a Libyan hospital source.
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Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet, which claimed the lives of 270 people.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Libyan was controversially released from jail in August on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer.
Now Tripoli Medical Center has released a statement saying Megrahi's condition has worsened and the cancer has spread throughout his body.
The 57-year-old arrived at the hospital on Saturday coughing and vomiting, the statement said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"A scan has shown a worsening of the disease which has spread more than before," it added.