(Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that NATO could be targeting leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family, after Libyan officials said his youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in an air strike.
Russia has been an outspoken critic of the Western military alliance's intervention in Libya.
Earlier, Russian parliament member Konstantin Kosachev told Interfax news agency the attack was proof the coalition was not protecting civilians, as mandated by the United Nations.
"We have serious doubts about statements by the coalition members that attacks on Libya are not intended to physically eliminate Gaddafi and his family," the ministry said in a statement.
NATO denied targeting Gaddafi or his family in the Saturday evening bombing, but said it had launched air strikes on military targets. Libyan officials said there had been an "assassination attempt."
Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said Gaddafi's youngest son Saif al-Arab, 29, was killed in the attack along with three of Gaddafi's grandchildren.
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