Protest outside US consulate in Chennai
Protest outside US consulate in Chennai

Activists of a Muslim party today pelted stones at the US

consulate here protesting against a controversial film deemed offensive to

Islam, police said.Around 300 protesters belonging to the Tamil Nadu Muslim

Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) tried to picket the US consulate here but were stopped

by police, they said.Some window panes were damaged but nobody was injured,

police said, adding the protest caused traffic pile-up on the arterial Anna

Salai where the consulate is located.Anti-US protests have erupted in several countries over the

controversial film. US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, along with

three other Americans was killed when a mob attacked a consular office at

Benghazhi in that country on Tuesday night.Chennai Police Commissioner J K Tripathy told PTI that

security has been stepped up for the US mission.

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