Summary
The death toll for the shelling of a rally in Libya's second city Benghazi protesting against a U.N.-proposed peace deal has jumped to 12, medics said.
At least 12 people died and 39 were wounded after a volley of shells hit the rally attended by hundreds of people, the LANA news agency close to the internationally recognized Libyan government reported Saturday.
Those present were demonstrating against a proposed power-sharing deal put forward by Libya's U.N. envoy, Bernardino Leon.
The U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned the attack.
The U.N. last month accused the army of Libya's internationally recognized government of deliberately trying to sabotage the peace talks with a new offensive in Benghazi.
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