Libyan officials say 15 civilians, including three children, were killed in a NATO attack on a building west of the capital, Tripoli.
The alliance acknowledged its warplanes hit the town of Sorman, but insisted the target was military.
Reporters were shown a destroyed country estate belonging to Khuwildi Hemidi, a member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Center, the inner circle of government.
Reporters were also taken to a hospital, where an AFP correspondent saw nine bodies and body parts.
The Libyan claim of civilian deaths came just hours after NATO acknowledged that a "weapons failure" may have led to civilian casualties in a residential neighborhood of Tripoli.
Reporters were shown the bodies of five of the nine people Libyan officials said were killed in that strike.
compiled from agency reports
The alliance acknowledged its warplanes hit the town of Sorman, but insisted the target was military.
Reporters were shown a destroyed country estate belonging to Khuwildi Hemidi, a member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Center, the inner circle of government.
Reporters were also taken to a hospital, where an AFP correspondent saw nine bodies and body parts.
The Libyan claim of civilian deaths came just hours after NATO acknowledged that a "weapons failure" may have led to civilian casualties in a residential neighborhood of Tripoli.
Reporters were shown the bodies of five of the nine people Libyan officials said were killed in that strike.
compiled from agency reports