Toll in Libya's Benghazi clashes rises to 356

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Sunday 16 Nov 2014 - 09:21 Makkah mean time-23-1-1436 Tripoli (IINA) – At least 16 people were killed in violent clashes between Libyan army and militant groups in the city of Benghazi on Saturday, bringing death toll to 356 since the beginning of the violence about a month ago, sources said. "The center has received 16 dead bodies killed in clashes and random shooting," a medical source in Benghazi Medical Centre said. The Libyan army, backed by gunmen loyal to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, has been waging a street war against militias in Libya's second city Benghazi since mid-October, in an attempt to regain control of the city. Since the battles broke out a month ago, at least 356 people have been killed, medical sources said. AB/IINA