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Summary Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the wrecked building.
A NATO airstrike 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 leaders life.Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the wrecked building when journalists were brought on a government-organised trip to the scene, a few hours after three loud explosions shook central Tripoli.The press official, who asked not to be identified, said Gaddafi used the destroyed building for ministerial and other meetings. She said 45 people were injured, including 15 who were seriously hurt, and some were still unaccounted for after the attack.On Sunday, Grad rockets exploded in Misrata, where at least 12 were reported killed and 60 wounded in fresh fighting, despite a vow by the Libyan regime to halt its fire in the western port city where the humanitarian situation has stirred international concern.Two captured pro-Gaddafi soldiers said that loyalist forces were losing their grip in the battle for Misrata. Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said the army had suspended operations against rebels in Misrata, but not left the city, to enable local tribes to settle the battle peacefully and not militarily.Bursts of automatic weapons fire could be heard and Grad rockets exploded in the city, the scene of deadly urban guerrilla fighting for several weeks between rebels and Gaddafi loyalists.In western Libya, Gaddafi’s forces bombed areas close to the rebel-held Dehiba border post with Tunisia in a bid to recapture the nearby town of Wazzan, witnesses said.
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