Sky News has met the family of an 11-year-old Libyan girl killed by Colonel Gaddafi's forces during clashes in the eastern town of Al Bayda.

The young victim had just been woken up by the fighting when she was shot dead as the dictator's loyalists blasted the house.

Her uncle told Sky News that he hopes some good will come from her death and people will become united and want to liberate their own country.

Gaddafi loyalists never imaged oppressed civilians would rise up in an act of resistance.
Tanks were ripped open by anti-Gaddafi protesters as they battled elite forces for control of the streets.

Sky has also seen evidence the dictator employed mercenaries from Africa to fight the protesters.
Anti-government demonstrators showed the ID card of a man from Mali they claimed was one of the mercenaries.

This 11-year-old girl was killed by pro-government forces