Sacking on mourners in Libya; 15 dead

Tripoli: Libya Snipers from the government forces opened fire on a funeral is a funeral of slain protesters on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, as a demonstration calling for the overthrow of President Muammar Gaddafi continues the fifth day in a row.

Snipers targeted thousands of people who attended a mass funeral in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya and the site of violent protests. Mourners gathered in honor of the 35 protesters who were shot by government troops on Friday.

Dozens of funerals were wounded, many of the victims suffering from gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

"Many of the dead and wounded are relatives of the doctors here," employee of the local hospital told the Associated Press. "They cry, and I keep telling them to please stand up and help us."

murder on Saturday pushed the total to 99 deaths as a force Gadhafi crack hit the protesters calling for an end to his more than 40 years of autocratic rule.

"The blood of our martyrs is still leaking out of the tombs on the shoulders of the funeral," one protester told the Associated Press, and she stood by about 20 graves in Benghazi.

After the violence on Friday, the government moved to stifle online communication, a key component of public relations for the organizers of the demonstrations. American Arbor Networks said the use of the Internet in the land of Libya to stop shortly after 2 am local time Saturday, with protesters, confirming they were not able to get online.

A few hours later, the government disbanded the Special Forces camp protest, which included lawyers and judges outside the courthouse Benghazi. One protester said the Associated Press, the soldiers dispersed the crowd fired tear gas into groups.

After the violence at the funeral, organized by local residents patrol the area through Benghazi as the police had disappeared from the streets. Residents fear the lack of police presence meant that government troops were preparing to raid homes, especially of the protest organizers, during the night.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the reports of guns and other weapons were used against demonstrators in Libya "clearly unacceptable and appalling." He also criticized the restrictions on access to the media.