This post is part of our special coverage Libya Revolution 2011 [1].
A small crowd of Libyans gathered in Al Shajara Square in Benghazi today [September 12, 2012] to protest against the attack [2]on the US Consulate.
Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed when militants fired rockets [3] 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 [4] 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:
@ASanalla [5]: Small crowd gathered in Alshajra square in #Benghazi to protest against attack on US embassy & calling 4 activation of Army & Police #Libya
Among the chants were [ar]:
Here is a selection of the photographs Sanalla posts from the protest.
@ASanalla [7]: Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans. Image from today's protest in #Benghazi #USEmbassyattack #Libya pic.twitter.com/jcCkMTUh
@ASanalla [9]: Sorry Chris #Benghazi couldn't protect you. Image from today's protest in Benghazi.
@ASanalla [10]: Thugs & killers don't represent #Benghazi nor #Islam. Image from today's protest in #Benghazi
This post is part of our special coverage Libya Revolution 2011 [1].