![]() As the fighting continued, a mob attacked an army base on the outskirts of Benghazi and disarmed the soldiers. Protesters also used stones and crude bombs made of tin cans stuffed with gunpowder. Fighting broke out, and opposition forces commandeered bulldozers and tried to breach the walls of the Katiba compound, but were met with withering fire. On 19 February, another funeral procession passed the Katiba compound, and were again fired on. Two of the policemen who had participated in the clash were caught and hanged by protesters. Demonstrators threw rocks at security forces, who used live ammunition, killing twenty-four protesters. Security forces had killed fourteen protesters the previous day, and a funeral procession for one of those killed passed the Katiba compound, where clashes erupted. Main article: Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War before military interventionĪctive resistance to the government began in Benghazi on 18 February, after three days of protests. 2.13.1 Gaddafi's wife and three children flee to Algeria.2.11 Acceleration of the rebel offensive.2.10 Assassination of Abdul Fatah Younis.2.4 Stalemate in the east, rebel progress in the west. ![]()
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