Tripoli: Gaddafi’s forces on Tuesday attacked Libyan town of Zintan, an Arab TV reported.
Reports say several houses have been destroyed and a mosque minaret was also brought down.
New forces were sent today to besiege the city. There are now at least 40 tanks at the foothills of the mountains near Zintan.
There was also fierce fighting further east in Ajdabiya. Opposition fighters were seen retreating in the face of an attack by government forces.
There’s been heavy fighting and heavy shelling going on .There have been heavy casualties and there are a number of corpses between here and the town of Ajdabiya, news agencies reported.
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