Death toll mounts as Libyan security forces target protesters

Friday 18 February 2011 Amnesty International accuses the Libyan authorities of deliberately killing anti-government protesters after the organization learned that at least 46 people have been shot dead by security forces in the last 72 hours. Amnesty International has accused the Libyan authorities of deliberately killing anti-government protesters after the organization learned that at least 46 people have been shot dead by security forces in the last 72 hours. Sources at al-Jala hospital in Benghazi today told Amnesty International that patients' most common injuries were bullet wounds…

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