Gaddafi loyalists and Libya NTC trade fire in Tripoli

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[B]Between 20 and 50 armed supporters of Libya's fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi are fighting forces from Libya's interim government on the streets of Tripoli.[/B]

The two sides exchanged fire in the Abu Salim district of the capital.

Col Gaddafi was ousted in August when troops from the National Transitional Council (NTC) took control of Tripoli.

Gaddafi loyalists still hold parts of the city of Sirte and the desert enclave of Bani Walid.

The BBC's Caroline Hawley, in the Libyan capital, says it is the first fighting in Tripoli since it fell to the then rebels.

The disturbance broke out near the notorious Abu Salim prison where political prisoners were held under the previous government.

The district is a stronghold of support for Col Gaddafi, our correspondent says, and on Friday those supporters felt emboldened to come out on the street.[/release]
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I hope all the Gaddafi supporters were shot.