Libya: Five explosions rock eastern Tripoli

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Five loud explosions have rocked the eastern part of the Libyan capital on Monday night.

26 April,2011 06:15 am

Sources said that NATO raided civil and military targets in the Ain Zara district and at Bir Al-Ghanam, 50 kilometres to the southwest. They quoted a military source as saying that there had been victims, but gave no number.A few minutes later, two other detonations shook the same neighbourhood.Moamer Kadhafis office in his Tripoli residence was destroyed in a NATO air strike early on Monday, while loud explosions were heard in several districts of the capital as warplanes roared overhead.Regime spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said that Kadhafi is safe and his morale is high. He said that three people were killed and 45 wounded – 15 seriously -- in the NATO air strike.The NATO officials said on Monday that the target was a communications headquarter that was used to coordinate attacks against civilians.