Six die as Gaddafi forces hit Misrata

Government forces killed six civilians in the city of Misrata today in an unrelenting campaign of shelling and sniper fire aimed at driving rebels from the main city they hold in western Libya, medical officials said.

Doctors said 243 people have been killed and some 1,000 injured in more than a month and a half of fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and rebels in Misrata. Most of those killed today were hit by snipers, they said.