Libya's military has fired cluster munitions into residential areas as it battles rebels for control of the western city of Misratah, a human rights group says. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it saw at least three of the controversial devices - which scatter a number of smaller bomblets over the target - explode over the al Shawahda neighborhood on April 14.
Researchers also inspected the remnants of a cluster submunition discovered by a New York Times reporter, which the group said was from a Spanish-produced mortar projectile.
The area where HRW witnessed the use of cluster munitions is near the front line in the fighting which has raged for six weeks.
However, Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim rejected the allegations.
"I challenge them to prove it, he said. "To use these bombs, the evidence would remain for days and weeks, and we know the international community is coming en masse to our country soon, so we can't do this." Read More
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