Powerful explosions early on Wednesday shook the area around the residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the centre of Tripoli that had been targeted Tuesday by dozens of raids.
Loud blasts were heard in the district around 1.45 am on Tuesday. A little later the city was shaken by more powerful explosions. “On Tuesday, in one of the heaviest bombardments of the air war so far Nato-led warplanes carried out 60 strikes on Tripoli, killing 31 people,” Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said.
A main target was Col. Gaddafi compound which has been targeted regularly since the start of the international military intervention on March 19, and most of the buildings in the Bab al Aziziya complex have been flattened.