Minggu, 20 Februari 2011

Libyan riot death toll at least 170 people


Benghazi: anti-government protests in one of the countries of North Africa, Libya, increasingly heated and tense after the riots to killing at least 170 demonstrators. As reported by NHK on Monday (21 / 2), an eyewitness saw the soldiers did not hesitate to direct fire on the demonstrators to death.

An international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, said on Saturday (19 / 2), at least 170 people have been killed in protests against the dictatorship of Muammar Qadhafi. However, other sources put the death toll reached 200 people. The clashes between demonstrators and security forces also continue to occur mainly in the northeastern region of the country.

In the second largest city, Benghazi, security forces launched attacks against civilians shot up to killing 15 people yesterday. A local resident told NHK said the security forces did not hesitate to fire on the demonstrators in the head and chest up killing many people including women and children.

A doctor in the city of Al-Bayda, 150 kilometers east of Benghazi, said security forces had expelled from the area by the demonstrators on Saturday nights ago. The next day, thousands of Libyans gathered in the western city again Az-shrine, about 50 kilometers from the capital, Tripoli, for Qadhafi called for the immediate retreat.

Tidak ada komentar:

Posting Komentar