Libya: demonstrators overrun Benghazi militia

(Vatican Radio) Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libya's strongest armed Islamic extremist groups in Benghazi on Friday, in the wake of the assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three of his staff. The anti-militia demonstrators demanded that the militias disband and that the government build a police force to provide security. Since the fall of Colonel Gadhafi, the militias have grown stronger, boasting arsenals of automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and pick-up trucks with heavy machine guns. Many are strongly Islamist. Meanwhile, fresh protests erupted Friday across the Islamic world, sparked by an Internet video produced in the United States that mocks Islam's founder Muhammad.Thousands of Muslims also protested in other countries, including Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iraq, Lebanon and Indonesia. Some protesters burned American flags and effigies of President Obama.Listen to this report from regional correspondent Nathan Morley: