Tripoli (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Three people were killed on Saturday in a NATO airstrike that hit a carpark near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi`s Bab al-Aziziyah compound in central Tripoli, a government spokesman said.

Mussa Ibrahim told reporters it appeared to be a "very powerful explosion" that struck in the early hours of Saturday.

Reuters correspondents in Tripoli did not hear any loud explosions but heard jets fly over the city, rattling windows. (*)

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