Belgium Expels Libyan Suspected in London Slaying
Belgium today expelled a Libyan identified as a suspect in the murder of a policewoman in London a year ago.
A Justice Ministry spokesman said Omar Sodani, who had been expelled from Britain earlier, entered Belgium with his wife March 8 and registered as a medical student, using the alias Ehmeida Omar Mohammad.
One year ago today, London policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was killed by gunfire from within the Libyan People’s Bureau, or embassy, in London.
Police laid siege to the embassy for 10 days while those inside refused to leave. The British government then broke relations with Col. Moammar Kadafi’s government, and everyone inside, including the presumed killer, Sodani, was flown back to Libya.
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