The bodies of slain protesters were left on the streets of the Libyan capital on Tuesday and frightened residents hunkered down in their homes as forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi sought to crush anti-government demonstrations by shooting on sight anyone outside.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, citing sources inside the country, said Tuesday that at least 250 people HAD been killed and hundreds more injured in the crackdown on protesters in Libya, though its officials said the true number was not known.
Text: AP
Image: A fire burns in a street in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of Tuesday Feb 22, 2011. (Photographs copyright PTI)
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