Sep 13, 2012 at 5:22pm

Protests against an anti-Islam film made in the US are spreading across the Middle East and North Africa.

In Yemen, demonstrators briefly stormed the grounds of the US embassy in Sanaa and burnt the US flag, but were driven back by security forces.

In Egypt, 224 people were injured in protests, the health ministry said. Protests were also reported in Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.

On Tuesday, the US ambassador to Libya was killed in Benghazi.

US officials say they are investigating whether the attack in Libya was planned, citing suspicions that a militant jihadist group may have co-ordinated the violence.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the film which gave rise to the protests as "disgusting" and "reprehensible".

The US utterly rejected its contents and its message, she said, but the film was no excuse for violence.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the film which gave rise to the protests as "disgusting" and "reprehensible".

The US utterly rejected its contents and its message, she said, but the film was no excuse for violence.


Source: BBC