TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, a witness said, in the worst unrest in Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power.

Snipers fired at protesters from a compound to which they had withdrawn, said the resident, who did not want to be named.

"Dozens were killed ,  not 15, dozens. We are in the midst of a massacre here," he said. The man said he helped take the victims to a local hospital.

(Reporting by Souhail Karam in Rabat; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Jon Boyle)


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