Gaddafi apologises for 1984 killing of UK policewoman

Twenty five years after policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot from Libya's embassy in London, the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi has apologized for her death.

Gaddafi however said in an interview with Britain's Sky News television. that the killer had not been identified. Fletcher was 25 years old when she was shot in the back while policing a peaceful demonstration outside the embassy on April 17, 1984. She was shot from the embassy with automatic rifle. Fletcher's case has been brought into the spotlight following the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the man who was convicted over the Lockerbie plane bombing, and Gaddafi's apology comes Scottish police plan to relaunch their investigation into the Lockerbie bombing. Although Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was the only man convicted of the bombing, it is alleged that eight more potential suspects were identified at the time, but were never interviewed. Asked if Gaddafi had a message for Fletcher's family, he said: "You see, I know that such a thing happened. I know a policewoman was shot and killed when she was doing her duty. She is not an enemy to us, and we are sorry all the time and our sympathy, because she was on duty, she was there to protect the Libyan embassy, but this is the problem that should be solved — but who did it? That is the question. It is always like a persistent matter."