Tripoli: Nato airstrikes struck Muammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, killing at least six people here on Thursday.
Sources said that the airstrikes hit three different parts in the city, hours after the Libyan strongman was shown on state TV in his first appearance since his son was killed nearly two weeks ago.
Explosions thundered across the capital and wailing ambulances raced through the city as the last missile exploded.
Government officials and state-run Libyan television said the strikes targeted Bab al-Azaziya, Gadhafi’s compound. They did not say which of the compound’s buildings were targeted.
NATO — which had no immediate comment about the latest strikes — has hit Tripoli repeatedly this week as part of its effort to weaken the regime’s resistance to a 3-month-old rebellion. NATO said most of the alliance’s 46 air strikes on Wednesday were concentrated in and around the Libyan capital, hitting command and control centers, ammunition dumps and anti-aircraft missile launchers.
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