Libyan Protests Escalate as EU Scrambles For Response

 

Unfazed by the ruling regime’s warning to stifle by any means the threat of a civil war, violent protests against Libya’s longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi were continuing in Tripoli  on Monday with reports that demonstrators had stormed state broadcasting facilities and set a number of government buildings on fire.
Bursts of gunfire were heard overnight for the first time in the capital since violence broke out six days ago in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi. Dozens of people were reported killed in Tripoli in clashes overnight. Medical sources said 61 people had died.
Human Rights Watch said the death toll had risen to 233 since the protests erupted late last week.