Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi received a rousing welcome in his first public appearance as warm as the hero's welcome he enjoyed after returning to his native Libya.
- Megrahi, looking frail behind a surgeon's mask and being pushed in a wheelchair, received a standing ovation from a group of African parliamentary members who had gathered in the hospital where Megrahi is receiving cancer treatment, the BBC reported.
- A small stage was constructed in Tripoli's medical center. As many as 40 African MPs who are in Libya to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the African Union — greeted the convicted Lockerbie bomber, congratulating him on his freedom and expressing their "solidarity," the BBC reported.
- Megrahi's release by Scottish authorities in August on "compassionate grounds" sparked international outrage.
- Megrahi is the only person convicted of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.
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