Officials in northwest Pakistan say a protester has died in a clash with police during a demonstration against a youtube video. Authorities say the protester died Monday in the Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Islamists claim The Innocence of Muslims insults the Prophet Muhammad. It has prompted a wave of protests across various countries, including last week in Libya where it was used as an excuse in the murder of the U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. staffers. Information has emerged that that attack was planned months prior to the release of the video, and executed on orders of al-Qaeda's top leader, al-Zawahari.
Western embassies across the Muslim world are on high alert for violence stemming from the attributes the film producer was attempting to demonstrate to the world.
Nearly 1,000 demonstrators staged a protest Monday in Afghanistan's capital, shouting “death to America” as they burned cars and tires in Kabul near a U.S. military base.
Indonesian protesters threw fire bombs as they clashed with police outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta.
There was also a demonstration in the Indonesian town of Medan.
The U.S. says it will close its embassy in Bangkok Tuesday because of a large planned demonstration against the film. A message on the embassy's website urged U.S. citizens in Thailand to “exercise caution…particularly in large crowds.”
On Sunday, hundreds of Pakistanis protesting the youtube video clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. consulate in the southern city of Karachi. And in Lahore, about 5,000 people protested against the film. Demonstrations were held in several other cities in Pakistan.
A small group of activists burned an American flag outside the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday.
The man allegedly behind the obscure, private youtube video was questioned Saturday by U.S. authorities in California. VoA.
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