[Dave Mellon]

The attack began around 9:30 PM. The group of looters did not arrive until around 12:15 AM. By then the “staffers” were long gone. No offense but you are confusing two different groups of men one group with mortars and RPGs and another group with a crow bar and some cell phones.

[TigersEye]

Just from appearances they did not at all seem to be beating him or roughing him up as was seen when a crowd had Gaddafi. At any rate the translation has been upheld by numerous Arabic speaking westerners on different Youtube uploads.