Thousands of democracy protesters streamed on to the streets of Tripoli after Friday prayers yesterday, to be confronted by Colonel Gaddafi
's gun-toting thugs.And within minutes, the heavies were firing live rounds into the crowds. Local reports claimed as many as seven protesters were killed in the Janzour area of the capital alone.
Reports said snipers on rooftops killed protesters and helicopter gunships strafed people in the streets.
'The sky is raining with bullets,' one witness said. 'There are helicopters. The situation here is horrible.'
An opposition activist, Mohammed Ali Abdallah, claimed artillery shells had been fired at the crowds.
And one terrified protester wrote on Twitter: 'May Allah help us all. They are shooting any protesters. We are unarmed."
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