Gaddafi loyalists attack Libya town

Forces loyal to Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the former regime stronghold of Bani Walid today, killing at least four fighters from the new government, officials and residents said.

The fierce clashes in the town, 90 miles south east of Tripoli, came as Libya’s new leaders struggle to stamp out lingering resistance from pro-Gaddafi forces and unify a deeply fractured country after eight months of civil war and more than 40 years of authoritarian rule.