Vandals attacked on Sunday the embassies of Italy and Britain in the Libyan capital, hours after Moammar Gadhafi came out unscathed from a missile attack on NATO, a spokesman for the government killed one of the sons of the president and three of his grandchildren. Before the violence, United Nations withdrew its international personnel in Tripoli.
Britain responded to the attack on its embassy in Tripoli that left the building severely damaged by fire in the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador in London. The NATO attack against a family resort in a residential area Gadhafi in Tripoli on Saturday night marked the escalation of pressure on the Libyan leader has tried to crush an armed rebellion since it began in mid-February.
Libyan officials denounced the bombing as an assassination attempt and a violation of international law. Russia also criticized the attack, which questioned the assertion that the NATO alliance was not directed their attacks against Gaddafi and his family. NATO acknowledged that it had attacked a "building command and control", but insisted that all his targets are military and are linked with Gadhafi systematic attacks on the population.
"It was not directed against anyone," said Sunday spokeswoman Carmen Romero NATO, adding that the report remains unconfirmed deaths. A NATO fighter aircraft bombed the residential complex, which occupies an entire block in the neighborhood Garghour of Tripoli, which is also home to several foreign embassies.
The explosion killed the second youngest son of Gadhafi, Seif al-Arab, when Libyan leader and his wife, Safiya, were inside, said the Libyan government spokesman Ibrahim Musa. Seif al-Arab, 29, and three grandchildren of Gadhafi, all younger than 12, were dead. Ibrahim initially said Seif al-Arab was the youngest son of Libyan leader.
Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, the Catholic clergy the highest rank in Tripoli, said on Sunday he showed six bodies at a hospital in the capital. He said he was told that one of the dead was al-Arab Seif Gadhafi, but said the body was "completely distorted" so it was impossible to confirm that version.
He was also told that three of the bodies were the three grandchildren of Gadhafi said. In images broadcast television Libyan Martinelli and other clerics were blessings in what looked like a morgue. Two of the bodies were covered with green Libyan flags and a wreath was leaning on a wall.
Residents said the complex bombed on Saturday night was the Gadhafi family home for years. It contained two residences, each with two bedrooms and a den, a large common room and a kitchen. The clock in the kitchen, down the wall, was stopped at 8:08, the time of the explosion. Cooking pots with leftover food including stuffed peppers, pasta and stew were covered with aluminum foil.
In one of the lounges, a lot of video games, including FIFA 10, were scattered on a couch. The bombing destroyed the roof of the main building of one floor and tore a hole in the ground, showing what looked like a basement. On the floor lay an unexploded rocket apparent, which was covered with pieces of twisted metal and concrete.
Hours after the explosion, was allowed into Qaddafi's fan, some of whom chanted slogans in favor of the Libyan leader. 
Britain responded to the attack on its embassy in Tripoli that left the building severely damaged by fire in the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador in London. The NATO attack against a family resort in a residential area Gadhafi in Tripoli on Saturday night marked the escalation of pressure on the Libyan leader has tried to crush an armed rebellion since it began in mid-February.
Libyan officials denounced the bombing as an assassination attempt and a violation of international law. Russia also criticized the attack, which questioned the assertion that the NATO alliance was not directed their attacks against Gaddafi and his family. NATO acknowledged that it had attacked a "building command and control", but insisted that all his targets are military and are linked with Gadhafi systematic attacks on the population.
"It was not directed against anyone," said Sunday spokeswoman Carmen Romero NATO, adding that the report remains unconfirmed deaths. A NATO fighter aircraft bombed the residential complex, which occupies an entire block in the neighborhood Garghour of Tripoli, which is also home to several foreign embassies.
The explosion killed the second youngest son of Gadhafi, Seif al-Arab, when Libyan leader and his wife, Safiya, were inside, said the Libyan government spokesman Ibrahim Musa. Seif al-Arab, 29, and three grandchildren of Gadhafi, all younger than 12, were dead. Ibrahim initially said Seif al-Arab was the youngest son of Libyan leader.
Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, the Catholic clergy the highest rank in Tripoli, said on Sunday he showed six bodies at a hospital in the capital. He said he was told that one of the dead was al-Arab Seif Gadhafi, but said the body was "completely distorted" so it was impossible to confirm that version.
He was also told that three of the bodies were the three grandchildren of Gadhafi said. In images broadcast television Libyan Martinelli and other clerics were blessings in what looked like a morgue. Two of the bodies were covered with green Libyan flags and a wreath was leaning on a wall.
Residents said the complex bombed on Saturday night was the Gadhafi family home for years. It contained two residences, each with two bedrooms and a den, a large common room and a kitchen. The clock in the kitchen, down the wall, was stopped at 8:08, the time of the explosion. Cooking pots with leftover food including stuffed peppers, pasta and stew were covered with aluminum foil.
In one of the lounges, a lot of video games, including FIFA 10, were scattered on a couch. The bombing destroyed the roof of the main building of one floor and tore a hole in the ground, showing what looked like a basement. On the floor lay an unexploded rocket apparent, which was covered with pieces of twisted metal and concrete.
Hours after the explosion, was allowed into Qaddafi's fan, some of whom chanted slogans in favor of the Libyan leader.
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