25 years on and Met still hunts Pc’s embassy killer

ON the 25th anniversary of Pc Yvonne Fletcher's death, police said her murder outside the Libyan embassy remains an open case.

Pc Fletcher was commemorated today at the spot in St James's Square where she was killed on 17 April, 1984. She was 25 when she was gunned down while policing a protest by Libyan dissidents. Her shooting by an assassin inside the building led to an 11-day siege of the embassy. Its occupants claimed diplomatic immunity and were expelled from Britain. In 1999, the Libyan government accepted "general responsibility".

Scotland Yard said today the inquiry was still ongoing. Two years ago counter-terrorism detectives were reported to have been in Tripoli interviewing the chief suspect. Before today's ceremony, Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said the killing was "a horrific event in police history". He added: "We will never cease in our aim to identify those responsible."