Libya

Tripoli Fighting Abates

Abuses by both sides coming to light.

Fighting in Tripoli died down in Friday’s late hours while violence and abuse on both sides of the uprising were coming more sharply into focus and sporadic airstrikes continued in Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte. Amnesty International said in a report based on eyewitness accounts that Gaddafi’s security forces killed rebels who had been arrested in two camps—in one instance, guards told the rebels that they were free to go, but then tossed grenades and fired on the men as they attempted to flee. The rebels were also accused of atrocities, as reports on Thursday said that the bodies of 30 pro-Gaddafi fighters had been found full of bullet holes at a military encampment in Tripoli. On the diplomatic front, the rebels said that they had begun to transfer their government from Benghazi to Tripoli.