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Three dead, 150 wounded in Nato raids: Libya

Updated at: 0723 PST,  Tuesday, May 24, 2011  TRIPOLI: At least three people died and 150 were wounded as NATO warplanes hit the Libyan capital Tripoli early Tuesday, government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told reporters. "According to the information we have there are three dead and 150 wounded," he told journalists on a bus taking them to a hospital shortly after the strikes. Ibrahim said NATO had carried out "between 12 and 18 raids on a barracks of the people's guard", volunteer units who back up the army. Most of the victims were civilians living nearby, the spokesman added. (AFP)