Rioters Scaling Walls at U.S. Embassy in Tunisia

Fires have been set in the compound already

Rioters have been seen scaling the wall of the U.S. embassy in Tunis amid reports of black smoke and the sounds of gunfire coming from the diplomatic compound in the Tunisian capital, Al Jazeera and the Associated Press reports.

The Associated Press also reports a lLarge cloud of black smoke seen coming from around US embassy in Tunis.