Police constable Yvonne Fletcher was fatally shot outside the Libyan embassy in London in April 1984. The bullets that killed her and injured 10 protesters came from inside the building.
Libyan exiles in the UK had been protesting outside the embassy against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi who came to power in 1969. Shortly after 10.15 am on 17 April, automatic gunfire from the embassy struck 11 protesters and Pc Fletcher. The 25-year-old officer died later that day at Westminster hospital. Her fiancé, 22-year-old Michael Liddle, also a police officer, was at her side.
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