UN pulls out of Tripoli following damage to its offices

The United Nations (UN) has said it is pulling its entire international staff from the Libyan capital Tripoli, following damage to its offices there.



UN buildings and some foreign missions were targeted by angry crowds following a NATO air strike that reportedly killed a son of, Lybian leader, Col. Moammar Gaddafi.



Meanwhile, the United Kingdom says it is investigating reports that its mission had been destroyed. Protests were also reported outside the United States and Italian missions in the city, but it is not clear if they were damaged.



Late on Saturday, the Libyan government said Saif al-Arab and three of Col Gaddafi’s grandchildren had died in a NATO attack on a villa in Tripoli.Foreign reporters were shown widespread damage to the building in Col Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.



NATO has insisted its raid targeted a “command and control” building, and that all NATO targets were “military in nature”.