British police to travel to Libya for murder probe

Britain’s Metropolitan police will travel to Libya again this week as part of a probe into the murder of police officer Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

Fletcher, who was 25, was hit by a shot fired from the embassy during a protest against Muammar Gaddafi. After an 11-day siege, 30 Libyans in the embassy were deported and no one was charged with her killing. Hopes of finding the killer were raised after the uprising which toppled Gaddafi last year.

“I can see very clearly that this is being pursued with energy in both the UK and Libya... The next steps are very much to continue with the work going on over recent weeks,” Hague said.