Winzrik, Libya (CNN) -- Revolutionary forces in Libya suffered a sizable blow after more than 20 fighters were killed in the northern city of Sirte Sunday, the country's transitional government said Monday.
Another 31 fighters were injured, said Abdel Rahman Busin, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council.
Sirte is the hometown of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi and is among a handful of pro-Gadhafi strongholds left in the country.
"The injured revolutionaries in Sirte have all been hit with RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) fired from areas congested with civilians where Gadhafi loyalists are hiding," Adel Ghulaek, spokesman for the NTC in Misrata, said Monday. "Our men are not even firing back because they do not want to kill any innocent people. Two helicopters evacuated the injured fighters last night."
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