2010 · Q7
On which one of the following grounds, in August 2009, Scottish authorities released to return home Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan agent, jailed for life for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 1988 that killed 270 people, most of whom were US nationals?
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- AUN requested the Scottish authorities to release him
- BHe was dying of cancer
- CCharges against him could not be established in the Scottish Court of Law
- DUS granted pardon to him
Explanation
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was released by Scotland in August 2009 on compassionate grounds as he was dying of cancer.