There are at least 10,000 dead and 50,000 wounded in Libya, according to reports by Al Arabiya on Twitter quoting a member of the International Criminal Court.
The death toll was reportd by the Libyan member of the ICC, Sayed al Shanuka, who was interviewed from Paris.
The official figures provided by the Libyan government yesterday indicated 300 dead, while this morning Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini stated that he believed more in the death of ‘’more than 1,000 innocents”.
After last night’s speech on television by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who stated that “I will resist until my death”, tension emerged today in Libya while foreigners flee and power supplies to Europe are being shut down.