Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from the city of Tobruk, around 140km west of the border with Egypt. <br /><br />Egyptians on the road fleeing Libya told her that there had been fighting in towns along the way, and the situation remains chaotic. One man told her there had been a "bloodbath". Mercenaries, some French-speaking and allegedly from Chad, roam during the night.<br /><br />Police have fled or are in hiding, citizens told Hamid, and they control the east up to the city of Benghazi.
