February 22, 2011 02:00 am | Updated October 10, 2016 09:03 am IST - Cairo
The Libyan military has reportedly launched an air strike on demonstrators in the capital Tripoli, Al Arabiya quoted witnesses as saying on Monday.
News reports had earlier said that two Libyan fighter jet pilots who sought political asylum in Malta claimed they had been ordered to bombard protesters in the north-eastern city of Benghazi.
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