Libyan embassy siege ends

Title

Libyan embassy siege ends

Genre

News report

TX Date

27 Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:12

Description

Report by Antonia Higgs, IRN reporter, one of only five reporters allowed in to watch the police operation when the Libyan diplomats left the Libyan People’s Bureau in London at the end of a police siege that followed the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher by a Libyan diplomat.

Contributors

Antonia Higgs

Keywords

London; Police; UK; Embassies and consulates; International relations; Police personnel; Embassy buildings; Diplomats; Yvonne Fletcher; Libya; Sieges; Bilateral relations

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