Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- As clashes in the Libyan capital continued Friday between government security forces and anti-regime protesters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters unequivocally: "The violence must stop." His remarks came as state television was airing images of the embattled but defiant strongman urging viewers to defend the nation. A man CNN will identify only as Reda to protect his identity said in a telephone interview that armed men dressed in plainclothes fatally shot his two brothers Friday as they were demonstrating against the government. Also killed were his two neighbors, he said. "The bodies have been kidnapped from the street," Reda said. "My other neighbors told me they kidnapped the injured people in the hospital to somewhere, nobody knows (where). This is the perfect crime. He's hiding all evidence for every crime he has. This is the horrible situation that nobody knows."
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Gadhafi offers to increase state salaries and give families money
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Libyan ambassador: "It's not a crime to say 'I want to be free' "
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Ban: "The violence must stop"
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U.S. suspends embassy operations in Tripoli
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