martes, 30 de agosto de 2011

WPC Fletcher Death: 'One Suspect Is Dead' - Sky News

The National Transitional Council in Libya has said a man suspected of being behind the killing of WPC Yvonne Fletcher has died.

WPC Yvonne Fletcher

WPC Fletcher was 25-years-old when she was fatally shot

An official said the body of Abdulqadir al Baghdadi was found last week in an eastern suburb of Tripoli.

It is reported he is one of three men wanted over the murder.

On Saturday, The Daily Telegraph named Abdulmagid Salah Ameri as the main suspect in the case. It claimed to have seen a 140-page secret document on the killing.

A review of evidence was carried out at the request of the Metropolitan Police by a senior Canadian prosecutor.

It contained evidence from a witness who claimed to have seen Almeri fire a machine gun from a window at the embassy during the protest in April 1984.

He was working as a junior diplomat at the time.

WPC Fletcher was fatally shot outside the Libyan Embassy in London 27 years ago.

She was killed by a single bullet that hit her in the abdomen. There followed an 11-day armed siege which ended with 30 Libyan nationals being deported.

Her mother Queenie Fletcher has said Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow offered "the best chance yet" of justice for her daughter.

The memorial plaque to WPC Yvonne Fletcher

A memorial plaque for WPC Fletcher

Meanwhile negotiations are under way with rebel leaders to allow British police investigating death of WPC Fletcher into Libya, Downing Street has said.

The Foreign Secretary William Hague told Sky News that discussions about whether a Libyan could be extradited if considered a suspect would continue.

"The NTC have always said to us, including when their chairman was here in London in May, that they would cooperate fully with the British authorities on these subjects and this is one of the priorities for us in future relations with Libya," he said.

"Diplomatically, we will help the Metropolitan Police to conduct investigations, including in Libya, when the security on the ground allows that.

"Libya does have a law that prevents it from extraditing its own citizens to other countries, but of course these are all issues we will have to resolve depending on how the police investigation goes on."

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