Benghazi buries dead in aftermath of attack on Italian consulate over prophet drawings

AP Worldstream | February 19, 2006| | Copyright

KHALED AL-DEEB, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-19-2006
Dateline: TRIPOLI, Libya
Families buried their dead Sunday, mourning loved ones killed in rioting at the Italian consulate in Benghazi over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad first published in a Danish newspaper nearly five months ago.

Nine victims were laid to rest after being carried in wooden coffins through city streets past crowds shouting "God is great" and "We will all sacrifice our souls for you prophet of God."

The bodies of two of the 11 victims _ a Palestinian and a Syrian _ were still at the city morgue, officials ...

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