Thugs and killers don;t represent Benghazi nor Islam. Photograph by Ahmed Sanalla
A small crowd of Libyans gathered in Al Shajara Square in Benghazi today [September 12, 2012] to protest against the attack on the US Consulate.
Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed when militants fired rockets at them as they were being driven to a safer location after protesters surrounded the consulate building.
News reports say protesters surrounded the Consulate, outraged over a film which ridiculed Prophet Mohammed, produced by an American-Israeli film maker. In Cairo, a similar protest was staged, where protesters scaled the US Embassy walls, tearing down the US flag, and replacing it with an Islamic banner.
The killing of Mr Stevens and three other US Consulate staff has outraged netizens from across the region.
From Benghazi, Ahmed Sanalla shares some of the protest signs carried by the protesters on Twitter.
He tweets:
Small crowd gathered in Alshajra square in #Benghazi to protest against attack on US embassy & calling 4 activation of Army & Police #Libya
— Ahmed Sanalla (@ASanalla) September 12, 2012
Among the chants were [ar]:
@ASanalla: This is the revolution of the youth – not Al Qaeda or the terrorists. This is one of the chants at Al Shajara Square
Here is a selection of the photographs Sanalla posts from the protest:
Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans. Image from today's protest in #Benghazi #USEmbassyattack #Libya pic.twitter.com/jcCkMTUh
— Ahmed Sanalla (@ASanalla) September 12, 2012
Sorry Chris #Benghazi couldn't protect you. Image from today's protest in Benghazi. #Libya #USEmbassyattack pic.twitter.com/muSSLFpf
— Ahmed Sanalla (@ASanalla) September 12, 2012
Thugs & killers don't represent #Benghazi nor #Islam. Image from today's protest in #Benghazi #USEmbassyattack #Libya pic.twitter.com/u7Rq0GB0
— Ahmed Sanalla (@ASanalla) September 12, 2012
