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Timeline: Deaths from cartoon violence

At least 29 people have died in demonstrations and violence this month over the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

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  • Published: 00:00 February 19, 2006
  • Gulf News

At least 29 people have died in demonstrations and violence this month.

- February 17: At least 10 people die in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

- February 15: Three people die in two cities in Pakistan's largest demonstrations yet. Two are killed in rioting in the northwestern city of Peshawar, including an 8-year-old boy. One protester is shot and killed in a clash with police in the eastern city of Lahore.

- February 14: Two people die in rioting in Lahore.

- February 10: One person dies in Nairobi, Kenya, when he is hit by an ambulance rushing a wounded person away from a protest.

- February 8: Police shoot and kill four protesters in Afghanistan when hundreds riot outside the US military base in the southern city of Qalat.

- February 7: Three demonstrators are killed in clashes with international peacekeepers after attacking a Nato base in northwestern Afghanistan.

- February 6: In Afghanistan, police shoot and kill two protesters after a crowd of about 2,000 tries to storm the main US military base at Bagram; two protesters are killed after demonstrators fire on police in the central city of Mihtarlam.

- February 6: In Lebanon, thousands of rampaging protesters torch the Danish mission in Beirut. One protester, apparently overcome by smoke, jumps from a window and dies.

- February 6: Police in Somalia fire in the air to disperse stone-throwing protesters, triggering a stampede in which a teenager is killed.

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