16:05 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNato has admitted “a weapons systems failure” may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning’s air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the alliance said the intended target of the strike was a military missile site, but “it appears that one weapon” did not hit it.<\/p>\n
The Libyan government earlier said Nato bombed a residential area, killing several civilians.<\/p>\n
Nato is enforcing a UN resolution to defend Libyans from pro-Gaddafi forces.<\/p>\n
“Nato regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and takes great care in conducting strikes against a regime determined to use violence against its own citizens,” said Lt Gen Charles Bouchard, commander of operation Unified Protector.<\/p>\n
“Although we are still determining the specifics of this event, indications are that a weapons system failure may have caused this incident,” he added.<\/p>\n
The statement said that more than 11,500 sorties had already been conducted and “every mission is planned and executed with tremendous care to avoid civilian casualties”.<\/p>\n
Sunday’s attack, in one of Tripoli’s poorer neighbourhoods, happened shortly after midnight, Libyan officials say.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Jeremy Bowen, who was taken to the site by government officials, saw two bodies being removed from the rubble.<\/p>\n
Scores of men were working alongside the emergency services, pulling at sections of rubble and looking for bodies.<\/p>\n
Locals said an entire family had been killed, though our correspondent was unable to immediately verify this claim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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