Protesters are trying to storm the British and German embassies in Khartoum as a KFC restaurant is set alight in Tripoli.
More than 5,000 protesters have attacked the British and German embassies in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in the latest violence sparked by an anti-Muslim film.
Demonstrators broke into the German compound, pulling down the German flag and flying a black Islamic flag above the building. They also smashed windows and started a fire in front of the main gate.
Police fired tear gas at the protesters, who then moved on to the nearby British embassy in Khartoum East.
Britain’s Foreign Office said: “We can confirm an ongoing demonstration outside the British Embassy in Khartoum. Sudanese police are at the scene.”
Elsewhere, thousands of protesters arrived in buses and cars to gather on the main street near the heavily-fortified US embassy. They lit several fires, as police fired tear gas to disperse them.
Unrest has spread across the Middle East, provoked by a US-made video depicting the Prophet Mohammed having sex, calling for massacres, and as a homosexual.
In Lebanon, hundreds of protesters chanting anti-American slogans set fire to a KFC restaurant in the northern city of Tripoli. One demonstrator was killed and 25 others wounded in the violence.
Locals watching the attack said people were shouting: “We don’t want the Pope” and “No more insults (to Islam)”.
It came as Pope Benedict began a three-day visit to Lebanon.
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