PC Yvonne Fletcher shooting: Man released on bail

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A Libyan man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder PC Yvonne Fletcher has been released on bail.

PC Fletcher, 25, died after being shot while policing a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy in London in 1984.

The man, in his 50s, was arrested on Thursday by counter-terrorism officers in south-east England. He was also held on suspicion of money laundering.

Two other Libyan nationals - a woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s - were also held and later bailed.

They were arrested on suspicion of money laundering at separate addresses in London and south-east England.

PC Fletcher's family said in a statement on Thursday that her father Tim had recently died, with his "one regret in life" being that he had "never witnessed any justice".

The Met is offering a reward of up to £50,000 for information.

PC Fletcher was one of 50 officers policing a protest against Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime outside the embassy in April 1984 when she was hit by a burst of gunfire from a first-floor window.

The death of Gaddafi in 2011 and the subsequent regime change provided new lines of enquiry, with police visits to Libya since then unearthing "new and fresh evidence".

The force has released images of 14 people officers want to trace from a pro-Gaddafi group, which was holding a counter-demonstration nearby.

Video footage of the demonstration and shooting has also been released, showing the chaotic moments after shots were fired.

The shooting of PC Fletcher sparked an 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy and diplomatic ties between Libya and the UK were severed following the killing.

Timeline of events and developments in the investigation