More than 100 dead in the district of West Libya

BENGHAZI: more than 100 people were killed in 24 hours in a given rebels Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi district the West Libya of Tripoli after it was beaten by the forces of Gaddafi, residents said Monday.

"Battalions of Gaddafi did not cease typing on the region, including the Yafran and Nalut, with Grad rockets," said a resident Yafran. "On 110 deaths (from Sunday), civilians and rebels, in two cities."

A resident of Nalut, near the border with the Tunisia, accused forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi to "carry out a massacre" in the mountainous region.

"It has at least 100 dead in two days," said the resident. "They are taking of Grad rockets hospitals and homes." "Several families had to flee to the Tunisia".

Yafran is 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Tripoli, while Nalut, a city of 66,000 inhabitants, is 235 kilometres (145 km) West of the capital. (AFP)