TRIPOLI, Libya - May 1, 2011 - Demonstrators torched British and Italian missions in Tripoli on Sunday after Libya accused NATO of trying to assassinate Moammar Qaddafi in a raid that killed one of his sons and three of his grandchildren.
Additionally, the port in the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata was set ablaze in a deadly bombardment by forces loyal to the Libyan strongman, according to unnamed witnesses.
Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli that the house of Qaddafi's second youngest son, Seif al-Arab, "was attacked tonight with full power. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Seif al-Arab Moammar Qaddafi, 29 years old, and three of the leader's grandchildren, all of whose parents were siblings of Seif,” he said.
NATO said it kept up precision raids on military installations in Tripoli on Saturday night, "including striking a known command-and-control building in the Bab al-Aziziya neighborhood shortly after 1800 GMT."
Qaddafi and his wife were in the building with his son but were not harmed, Ibrahim said, calling the strike "a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. The leader himself is in good health; he wasn't harmed. His wife is also in good health; she wasn't harmed, (but) other people were injured," he added.
