Hundreds of Libyan protesters have stormed the Benghazi headquarters of Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia in a backlash against last week's attack on the US consulate.
Witnesses say militiamen opened fire as the crowd overran the base, but it is not clear if there are casualties.
Buildings and a car were set alight and fighters evicted following a day of anti-militia protests in the city.
US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others died in the 11 September attack.
Earlier, some 30,000 protesters had marched through the eastern Libyan city calling for an end to the armed groups that have sprung up in the country since last year's ousting of Col Gaddafi.
Here's the poster for today's "Save Libya" protest:
Most of the news sites are running with this image:
These images were just tweeted out. First of the protest march:
I think those are Berbers on horses.
Then, of the Militia Headquarters:
Libyans were so horrified by the actions of this militia that they, the ordinary citizens of Libya, have risen up against it in force.
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