The Libyan leader salutes troops during a military parade in Tripoli, September 01, 1994 (AFP Photo) |
Colonel Gaddafi has reportedly been captured alive, after two months on the run. The country's new authorities claim the ousted leader's been taken in his hometown of Sirte, reportedly overrun by government forces. It's been the last major stronghold of Gaddafi's supporters for the past two months. Reporters in Sirte have so far been unable to confirm Gaddafi's capture, or even that the town has fallen to interim forces. Libya's current ruling body, the National Transitional Council, had said they would declare Libya liberated, once Sirte falls.
Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of wounds sustained during his capture after NTC forces took his hometown and stronghold of Sirte. The first image made by cellphone camera, supposedly showing the captured dictator, recently appeared. The image shows Gaddafi at the moment of capture. According to The Daily Telegraph reporter who is on the ground, the strongman was "cornered in a drain underneath a road in open countryside to the west of the city of Sirte." It came shortly after Gaddafi's vehicles which were trying to escape the town were hit by a NATO air strike, forcing Gaddafi and several bodyguards to take refuge in the drain.