Algiers .- At least 17 people were killed and 70 wounded by intense shelling in the last hours by troops loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi at the battered town of Misrata, rebel sources said the Qatari Al-Jazeera network. The gadafistas launched, first thing in the morning, Grad missiles and tanks shells, after a lull in attacks during the night, reported the same sources.
A resident of the city, the third largest in the country and under siege for the past seven weeks, said government forces attacked residential quarters voluntarily, with women and children as primary victims. Also, try to end the bombing systematically with the economic structures of the town, such as factories and dairy food products, which have been completely destroyed by bombs in the last 24 hours "in an apparent effort to increase the hunger of population.
" The bomb gadafistas Misrata, continuously since last Thursday, at dawn and at night, while by day they hide to escape attacks by the NATO forces, according to rebels. According to an assessment established on the basis of the inhabitants of the city and the testimony of members of the medical and emergency services, broadcast by Al Jazeera, more than 70 people, including five Egyptian citizens have been killed in Misrata since last Thursday, while over 150 were injured.
The rebels have accused forces loyal to Mr Gaddafi to continue using cluster bombs in its aggression against Misrata, to ensure that they have "irrefutable evidence" which has been denied by the Libyan Government. In contrast, Tripoli reiterated his accusations that the rebels in Misrata are linked to Al Qaeda. 
A resident of the city, the third largest in the country and under siege for the past seven weeks, said government forces attacked residential quarters voluntarily, with women and children as primary victims. Also, try to end the bombing systematically with the economic structures of the town, such as factories and dairy food products, which have been completely destroyed by bombs in the last 24 hours "in an apparent effort to increase the hunger of population.
" The bomb gadafistas Misrata, continuously since last Thursday, at dawn and at night, while by day they hide to escape attacks by the NATO forces, according to rebels. According to an assessment established on the basis of the inhabitants of the city and the testimony of members of the medical and emergency services, broadcast by Al Jazeera, more than 70 people, including five Egyptian citizens have been killed in Misrata since last Thursday, while over 150 were injured.
The rebels have accused forces loyal to Mr Gaddafi to continue using cluster bombs in its aggression against Misrata, to ensure that they have "irrefutable evidence" which has been denied by the Libyan Government. In contrast, Tripoli reiterated his accusations that the rebels in Misrata are linked to Al Qaeda.
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