How the Guardian covered the PC Yvonne Fletcher story in 1984
On 17 April 1984, PC Yvonne Fletcher was shot from inside the Libyan embassy as gunfire opened on anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.
Leon Brittan, Conservative home secretary, said the killing was a “barbaric outrage.” His comments were quoted in the paper’s front page story.
On the inside pages,
Michael Zander wrote a background piece explaining why Libya’s
political war had come to Britain. Michael Walker explained diplomatic
immunity.A Guardian leader column condemned the killing of a police officer
and wounding of demonstrators, saying: “we cannot harbour a diplomatic
mission which shoots from behind its privileged curtains into British
streets”Coverage in the foreign news section suggested that troubled regimes like Libya have a history of carrying out attacks abroad to distract dissenting voices at home.
On the inside pages,
Michael Zander wrote a background piece explaining why Libya’s
political war had come to Britain. Michael Walker explained diplomatic
immunity.A Guardian leader column condemned the killing of a police officer
and wounding of demonstrators, saying: “we cannot harbour a diplomatic
mission which shoots from behind its privileged curtains into British
streets”Coverage in the foreign news section suggested that troubled regimes like Libya have a history of carrying out attacks abroad to distract dissenting voices at home.
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