Libyan rebel commander speaks to the BBC's John Simpson

The military commander of the Libyan rebels fighting to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed.

Gen Abdel Fattah Younes was a former Libyan interior minister who defected to the rebel side in February.

In an exclusive interview to the BBC's World Affairs editor John Simpson, Mr Younes called on the Libyan people to help "put and end to this bloody regime".

First broadcast 25 February 2011