Tunis Afrique Presse (Tunis)

Tunisia: Demonstrators attack American Embassy

14 September 2012
Photo: Libya AlHurra Livestream
Libyans in Benghazi are making sure that the world knows that they do not support those responsible for the deadly attack on the U.S. embassy.

Protesters staging a demonstration against an anti-Islam American film, "Innocence of Muslims," stormed, on Friday, the American Embassy in Tunis and removed the U.S. flag.

The security forces on the spot resorted to firing warning shots and tear gas grenades to disperse the crowd.

Cars parked around the Embassy were set on fire and smoke went up from the Embassy building where the police got in to expel the demonstrators, as reported by TAP news agency journalist on the site.

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  • Nango
    Sep 14 2012, 13:47
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    So,i wondering if these people understand that this was not a film made by the US government or some main stream movie maker, but an armature YouTube movie made by a some guy. A guy that is being reveal to even have some criminal records.

  • mnm8844
    Sep 14 2012, 17:56
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    Why kill people that has nothing to do with this, they have just taken lives of innocent people. Is that what they call justice. So they kill people in the name of their belief. How does that make them any different from the person that made the video.

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