NATO probes 'civilian deaths' in attack on Tripoli

Nato is investigating Libyan government claims that it bombed a residential area of the capital, Tripoli, killing several civilians, BBC reports.

Bodies were pulled from a badly damaged three-storey house after the alleged raid in the Souk al-Juma district.

Nato says a surface-to-air missile site in northern Tripoli was successfully hit overnight, but it has previously admitted mistakes in targeting.

It is enforcing a UN resolution to defend Libyans from pro-Gaddafi forces.

If it is confirmed that Nato planes did indeed bomb a civilian area by mistake, serious questions will be raised about the conduct of the military campaign in Libya, says the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Tripoli.