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20 October 2011
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David Cameron has said it is a day to remember Col Muammar Gaddafi's victims after Libya said the country's former leader had been killed.
The prime minister said people in Libya now had an even greater chance to build themselves a strong democracy.
Libya's transitional authorities said the ex-Libyan leader died after an assault on his home town of Sirte.
UK forces have been part of Nato-led operations targeting Gaddafi regime positions to protect Libyan civilians.
The Scottish government said it would probe any new leads surrounding the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, should information come to light following the developments in Libya.
A spokesman said: "The only person convicted, [Abdelbaset Ali] al-Megrahi, acted in his capacity as a Libyan intelligence agent - he was found guilty of an act of state-sponsored terrorism and did not act alone.
"Therefore, our police and prosecution authorities stand ready to investigate and follow any new lines of inquiry that may be emerging in Libya at the present moment."
The spokesman added: "We now look forward to the end of conflict in Libya, and the emergence of a free and democratic country."
The Ministry of Defence in London confirmed Nato warplanes attacked a convoy of vehicles fleeing Sirte on Thursday.
An MoD spokesman said: "The convoy was targeted on the basis that this was the last of the pro-Gaddafi forces fleeing Sirte."
UK fighter planes were not involved in the attack although RAF aircraft have been flying reconnaissance missions over Libya on Thursday.
The International Criminal Court has been seeking Col Gaddafi's arrest for crimes against humanity after he was toppled in August following 42 years in power.
Mr Cameron has said the RAF carried out around a fifth of all strike sorties against forces loyal to Col Gaddafi, while HMS Liverpool shelled positions in Sirte during the city's siege.
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The prime minister said people in Libya now had an even greater chance to build themselves a strong democracy.
Libya's transitional authorities said the ex-Libyan leader died after an assault on his home town of Sirte.
UK forces have been part of Nato-led operations targeting Gaddafi regime positions to protect Libyan civilians.
The Scottish government said it would probe any new leads surrounding the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, should information come to light following the developments in Libya.
A spokesman said: "The only person convicted, [Abdelbaset Ali] al-Megrahi, acted in his capacity as a Libyan intelligence agent - he was found guilty of an act of state-sponsored terrorism and did not act alone.
"Therefore, our police and prosecution authorities stand ready to investigate and follow any new lines of inquiry that may be emerging in Libya at the present moment."
The spokesman added: "We now look forward to the end of conflict in Libya, and the emergence of a free and democratic country."
The Ministry of Defence in London confirmed Nato warplanes attacked a convoy of vehicles fleeing Sirte on Thursday.
An MoD spokesman said: "The convoy was targeted on the basis that this was the last of the pro-Gaddafi forces fleeing Sirte."
UK fighter planes were not involved in the attack although RAF aircraft have been flying reconnaissance missions over Libya on Thursday.
The International Criminal Court has been seeking Col Gaddafi's arrest for crimes against humanity after he was toppled in August following 42 years in power.
Mr Cameron has said the RAF carried out around a fifth of all strike sorties against forces loyal to Col Gaddafi, while HMS Liverpool shelled positions in Sirte during the city's siege.
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