The Libyan government is claiming at least 31 people have died in the most sustained NATO bombings of the Libyan capital Tripoli to date. The death toll has not been independently verified. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the dead included civilians.

Moussa Ibrahim: “Today, we have lost 31 martyrs from the center of the city in Bab al-Aziziya, the outskirts of Tajoura and Tareeq al-Matar. Some of these 31 were guards guarding the buildings that were hit. Some of them were passers-by. Some of them were totally innocent civilians. The injured are in the dozens.”