Libyan embassy siege

Title

Libyan embassy siege

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

May 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Press conference with Deputy Assistant Commissioner Edgar Maybanks who pays tribute to the behaviour of his officers and expresses concern the killer of WPC Yvonne Fletcher has been allowed to go free, following her being shot dead by a Libyan diplomat at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London where she was helping police a demonstration.

Contributors

Edgar Maybanks

Keywords

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

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