New clashes between anti-government protesters security forces in Libya killed another 25 people Sunday as protesters used an explosives-laden car and a tank to attack a military camp in Benghazi, witnesses reported.
The attack followed a clash between troops and marchers in a funeral procession in Libya's second-largest city. Sunday's violence left 25 people dead, according to a doctor at Benghazi's Al Jalla Hospital, bringing the toll in the recent unrest to 209.
Thousands of mourners, some carrying coffins above their heads, crowded into Benghazi streets Sunday in a funeral procession honoring those killed Saturday. The clashes occurred as the procession passed by the Alfadeel Abu Omar military camp, where one man told press uniformed troops opened fire on the mourners.