Libyan troops enter Gaddafi’s hometown

Libyan troops enter Gaddafi’s hometown
# 15 September 2011 23:46 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-APA. Libyan provisional government troops on Thursday entered the city of Sirte, the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, a National Transitional Council (NTC) military official said, APA reports quotin Ria Novoti.

The official said he expected the city to "be liberated" in the near future and said that "street fighting" with forces loyal to deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was taking place.

Forces loyal to Gaddafi still control Beni Walid, 90 miles south of Tripoli.

The whereabouts of Gaddafi are still unknown.
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