Clashes erupt at Libyan funeral procession & military camp (Protesters use explosives-laden car)

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Source: CNN International

By the CNN Wire Staff
February 20, 2011 12:01 p.m. EST

Violence flared again Sunday in Benghazi and appeared to be escalating, as Libyan protesters used an explosives-laden car in an attempt to gain entry into a military camp and clashes were reported between the military and marchers in a funeral procession.

Twenty-five people died in Sunday's violence, according to a doctor at Benghazi's Al Jalla Hospital. The total death toll is 209.

Thousands of mourners, some carrying coffins above their heads, crowded into Benghazi streets Sunday in the funeral procession, honoring those who died on Saturday. The clashes occurred as the procession passed by the Alfadeel Abu Omar military camp. One man told CNN uniformed troops opened fire on the mourners.

The clashes escalated after the incident, centered around the military camp. Protesters packed at least one car with explosives Sunday and sent it crashing into a compound wall at the camp, eyewitnesses said. Security forces then fired on the protesters as they attempted to breach the camp. On the camp's southern side, meanwhile, protesters drove a tank from a nearby army base in another attempt to break in, witnesses said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/20/libya.protests/?hpt=T1

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In the next paragraph a protester describes to CNN what's going on as "genocide".

Click on the image for an interview with a Libyan protester about what's going on there:
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"A Real Massacre" in Libya: http://slatest.slate.com/id/2285886/

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