A Libyan man living in Scotland believes a Nato airstrike killed five members of his family in a raid meant to hit the Gaddafi regime.

Mohi Alghazali said his relatives died in the bombing on the Libyan city of Bani Walid on Wednesday.

The airstike came after rumours had been circulating locally that both Colonel Muammar and his son Saif Gaddafi were in Bani Walid, which is reportedly still in the hands of their supporters.

Mr Alghazali, who lives in Aberdeen, is calling for answers from Nato after his aunt and uncle and three of their children died in the attack.

The senior production engineer, who studied in Edinburgh for four years before moving to Aberdeen, has a lot of close family still living in Libya.

Relatives in Tripoli told him about the deaths in the airstrike, while his mother and father live in Sirte, which is Col Gaddafi’s home city.

Mr Alghazli has contacted Nato asking for the reasons behind the airstrike, to establish whether the house his relatives were staying in was a target.

He is awaiting a response from the Nato as it carries out its own investigation into the incident.

The hunt for Col Gaddafi has intensified recently as rebels are due to close in on Sirte, where they believe he is hiding.