25/04/2011 12:03
NATO strike hits Gaddafi compound
A NATO air strike on the Libyan capital Tripoli has badly damaged buildings in Col Muammar Gaddafi's compound, BBC reported.
Three TV stations briefly went off the air following the explosions.
According to Reuters, NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.
The press official, who asked not to be identified, said 45 people were hurt in the strike, 15 of them seriously, and some were still missing. That could not be independently confirmed.