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TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~*NONE* Protesters ransack the offices of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood
in the capital, Tripoli. Hundreds marched overnight to denounce the *** of a prominent
political activist and critic of the Brotherhood, Abdelsalam al-Mosmary, who was killed while
leaving a mosque on Friday. Demonstrations in response to the killing turned violent
in Benghazi. Mosmary was an outspoken opponent of the Brotherhood, and regularly appeared
on television criticising the presence of armed militias on Libya's streets. The Muslim
Brotherhood's political wing, the Justice and Construction Party (JCP) has the second-biggest
number of seats in Libya's legislature, and there is growing opposition to its influence.
In Tripoli, a crowd gathered in the central Martyrs Square, saying they were there "in
solidarity with Benghazi", before ransacking the Brotherhood's offices. Calm later returned
to Tripoli and Benghazi but residents did not rule out more protests after Mosmary's
funeral later in the day.