Colonel Gaddafi reported dead in Sirte, Libya

Thursday, October 20th, 2011 7:06:37 by

Recent reports emerging from the troubled Muslim countryLibyareveal that their former ruler Colonel Gaddafi has been reported dead.

 

CNN showed images of what appeared to be a dead Gaddafi, although reports have not confirmed whether he is heavily injured or dead.

 

News agency Reuters however has reported that Gaddafi died of his wounds resulting from his gunbattle that took place in his hometown, Sirte.

 

“He (Gaddafi) was also hit in his head,” National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters. “There was a lot of firing against his group and he died.”

 

According to further reports, Gaddafi appears to have been killed in the NATO airstrike when the former leader was trying to flee the embattled country.

 

Libya’s Information Minister Mahmoud Shamman terms this victory as “a great victory” for the nation.

 

The eight-month-old uprising which started in the country appears to have been concluded, with trumpets blowing the town ofTripoliinLibya. Gaddafi, who ordered killing of civilians in his regime, and was wanted by the International Criminal Court, was toppled by the rebel forces on August 23 after his 42-year-long rule. He came to power after toppling King Idris in 1969 when he was just an army captain. He was also known as the “King of Kings,” a title tribal leaders granted him in 2008.

 

United States of Americaand other Western governments have so far not replied on this development and are perhaps awaiting confirmation from their sources. There were reports of him being dead a few weeks before as well but that turned out to be false. However, let’s see if this news holds any substance and whether we receive confirmation about his death.

 

International English news channel, Al-Jazeera also reports that Gaddafi’s son Mo’tassim has been captured alive.

 

Meanwhile, Arabian TV channel Al-Arabiya reports that Gaddafi’s corpse has arrived in the town of Misrata and it will be allowed to film it.

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