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The Associated Press reports Mohammed al-Rajali, a spokesman, said rebel forces captured Bin Jawwad, about 350 miles east of Tripoli, late Saturday and deployed forces in the city after days of fighting. He said Gadhafi's forces fled westward, and are likely to join regime forces in Sirte, the headquarters of Gadhafi's tribe and his last major bastion of support. Sirte has been heavily targeted by NATO airstrikes.
Retreating loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi killed scores of detainees and arbitrarily shot civilians over the past week, as rebel forces extended their control over the Libyan capital, survivors and a human rights group said Sunday.
In one case, Gadhafi fighters opened fire and hurled grenades at more than 120 civilians huddling in a hangar used as a makeshift lockup near a military base, said Mabrouk Abdullah, 45, who escaped with a bullet wound in his side. Some 50 charred corpses were still scattered across the hangar on Sunday.