LibyaAlHurra · @LibyaAlHurraTV
8th Jun 2011 from Twitlonger
#Misrata #Libya update - 8 June 2011
Shelling more intense
#Gadhafi's forces attempted to attack Misrata again today starting at around 5:00 AM local time. #Tawerga based brigades bombarded the #Sabha area near the Steel Factory complex using heavy artillery and Russian made Grad rockets. After the shelling, infantry forces armed with rocket launchers, anti aircraft and anti armor weapons, advanced east from the sea side. Misrata's democracy forces were able to repel the attackers. Today's shelling is the most violent and intense for quite some time. The fighting continued until late afternoon today, Wednesday. Misrata revolutionary forces were able to capture ammunition and mechanized vehicles and were able to chase Gadhafi's brigade personnel away from the area.
And at 8:00 AM this morning, Gadhafi's brigades started bombarded the #Dafnia area west of Misrata using heavy artillery and Russian made Grad missiles. Misrata's defenders were also able to repel advancement attempts by the Brigades' infantrymen. A third attack was from south of the city and started around Noon local time and was centered in an area called Jenan Alzaitoon, or Olive Gardens.
The city's defenders lost 13 martyrs and 43 were injured. On the other side more city residents are volunteering for training to join the city's defenders.
On the other hand, the number of volunteers in Misrata has increased in order to gain adequate military training to protect the people in Misrata and in long run to liberate Libya from this aggressive regime. There are more than 10,000 fighters capable of using weapons to protect the city and its inhabitants from this dictator.