By late evening, security forces and antiriot police had secured the area and cleared the embassy premises of protesters.

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At the time, Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the attacks complaining that Col Gaddafi had breached the Vienna Convention by failing to protect embassy premises.

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No weapons were found on the premises but authorities alerted the US embassy asking for help in the investigation.

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