TRIPOLI - At least four people were injured in NATO airstrikes on Libyan capital Tripoli early Thursday morning, which had struck a military target in the eastern part of the city, a Xinhua reporter said.

At least four people were pulled out from the explosion sites and sent to hospital, but it was unclear whether they were fatally wounded, said the reporter, adding that more casualties are possible.

NATO airplanes fired four rockets on Tripoli in the latest raid, hitting a military academy. An administrative building of the academy and a government-owned warehouse was destroyed.

Large plumes of smoke could be seen above the areas struck by the rockets, said the reporter whose home is just 2 km away from one of the explosion sites.