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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