Nato strikes Gaddafi seat of power

Nato air strikes targeted the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s seat of power early today, destroying a multi-storey library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.

Gaddafi’s whereabouts at the time of the attack on his sprawling Bab al-Azizya compound were unclear. A security official at the scene said four people were lightly hurt.