Rebels say repel Gaddafi forces in Western Mountain region

CAIRO, April 13 (Reuters) - Rebels have repelled troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's remote Western Mountain region and killed at least seven of them, an insurgent spokesman said on Wednesday.

Adel al-Zintani told Al Jazeera television from the city of Zintan in Western Libya that three rebel fighters were also wounded in the fighting.

"We have the bodies of seven soldiers from Gaddafi's brigades and three wounded who are undergoing medical treatment," Zintani said.

"The fighters in the town of Nalut have repulsed the (Gaddafi) brigades and defeated them," he added.

The Western Mountain region is a sparsely populated area on the border with Tunisia inhabited by ethnic Berbers, many of whom joined an uprising to end his 41-year rule that began in February.

(Writing by Sami Aboudi, editing by Barry Moody)

Source: Reuters.
Link: http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE73C23R20110413.