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Libya's interim government said that it was moving locations after an attack by armed protesters killed a guard and injured six MPs.
Two members were shot and wounded when protesters stormed the General National Congress (GNC) in the capital Tripoli.
Security official Essam al-Naass said one guard had been killed while trying to rescue workers held inside the congress building.
Deputy Speaker Hussein al-Ansari announced that the parliament would now hold its sessions in a five-star hotel in central Tripoli.
But the government vowed to pursue a democratic transition in the face of mounting lawlessness.
"I assure you we are committed to the path of the February 17 revolution and to pursue the democratic process," GNC president Nuri Abu Sahmein said in a televised address.
Mr Abu Sahmein said the MPs' wounds were not life-threatening but condemned what he termed a "flagrant aggression on the seat of legitimate sovereignty."
Protesters have demanded that the congress disband since its mandate expired last month.
Those who entered the building on Sunday said they were also angry about the overnight "kidnapping" of demonstrators from a sit-in outside the congress.
They claimed that those responsible belonged to a former rebel group that now operates under GNC command.
Protesters - mostly young people armed with knives and sticks - stormed the building chanting "resign, resign."
Mr Abu Sahmein told Al-Nabaa TV that a peaceful protest had been "infiltrated" by armed men.
"Two (GNC) members were hit by bullets when they tried to leave the venue in their cars," he said.
Images posted on social media showed protesters dragging the speaker's chair outside and setting fire to it.
Former rebels equipped with pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns were posted around the GNC building , where at least five burnt-out cars testified to the previous day's violence.
In Benghazi meanwhile, gunmen shot dead a French engineer who worked for a company working on a medical centre in the eastern city, the cradle of the 2011 revolt.
