Gadhafi compound hit by airstrikes

TRIPOLI, Libya, April 25 (UPI) -- NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Monday, inflicting heavy damage on buildings in Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound, officials and witnesses said.

The BBC said there were reports at least two missiles hit the Gadhafi compound and the impact knocked three TV stations off the air for about a half hour. The British broadcaster said roofs were caved in and walls blown out on two office buildings that appeared to be the same ones where the embattled Libyan strongman recently played host to a visiting delegation from the African Union.

Officials at the scene said there were an undetermined number of casualties as a result of the attack, the BBC said.

Gadhafi supporters called it a personal attack on the Libyan leader himself, the BBC said.