1200 bodies found while Gaddafi attacks Ghadames

Militias loyal to Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the southern town of Ghadames, on the border with Algeria, on Saturday but were pushed back, a spokesman for Libya's interim government said on Sunday.

"These militias have attacked our people in Ghadames, all the information we have got is that these groups are related to the son of Gaddafi, Khamis," Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the National Transitional Council, said in a news conference in Tripoli.

"We are expecting some militias in that area to use the geographical base to hide in but our freedom fighters have taken control of that area and will not allow another attack",  he said. On the other hand, Al Jazeera television reported on Sunday, that a mass grave has been found near Abu Salim prison in the Libyan capital Tripoli containing the remains of 1,200 bodies.

The government of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi used Abu Salim prison, in the south of Tripoli, to detain its opponents, including many who rose up against his rule during the civil war.