Anti-Gaddafi fighters seize Sirte police HQ
Fighters from Libya's new regime seized the police headquarters in the centre of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte yesterday as they moved in for the kill against the strongman's remaining diehards.
Meanwhile, National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters were gearing for a fresh onslaught on the desert town of Bani Walid, another remaining bastion of forces loyal to the ousted dictator, prompting civilians to flee.
In Sirte, jubilant NTC combatants celebrated the takeover of the strategic police building, which they found to be deserted.
In contrast to Monday, when NTC forces were pounded with rockets and gunfire as they battled Kadhafi loyalists street by street, they met no resistance on Tuesday as they edged into the city centre.
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