Sunday, February 20, 2011

Scores killed in Libya 'massacre'


Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters.

More than 200 people are known to have died, doctors say, with 900 injured.

The most bloody attacks were reported over the weekend, when a funeral procession is said to have come under machine-gun and heavy weapons fire.

One doctor, amid the sounds of fresh gunfire, told the BBC that what had happened was a "massacre".

Human Rights Watch says at least 173 people have been killed in Libya since demonstrations began on Wednesday. More...

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