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| Subject: Unfortunately, Britain arrests Libyan for 1984 murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:43 am | |
| British police said they had arrested a Libyan man on Thursday over his suspected role in the murder of unarmed policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.
Fletcher, who was 25 and had joined the police aged 19, was hit in the back by a shot fired from the embassy while she was policing a demonstration by Libyan dissidents against Muammar Gaddafi, who then ruled the North African country.
The shooting triggered an 11-day siege of the building by London's Metropolitan Police, the deportation of 30 Libyans in the embassy and the severing of diplomatic ties between London and Tripoli.
The shot that killed Fletcher was one of several fired from the embassy and 10 Libyan anti-Gaddafi campaigners suffered gunshot wounds. Police believe two weapons, a pistol and an automatic weapon, were used in the incident.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30145695/britain-arrests-libyan-for-1984-murder-of-policewoman-yvonne-fletcher/ |
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