Breaking News: Muammar Gaddafi Killed
Al Jazeera and Libyan state television are reporting that the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been killed for the duration of a gunbattle in Sirte. A senior National Transitional Council official, Abdel Majid, told Reuters by phone that Gaddafi has died of wounds suffered for the duration of his capture in Sirte. Reuters reports that he was wounded in each legs as he “tried to flee within a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.”
In Tripoli, celebrations are currently underway with gunfire and honking. “We’ve heard fairly a great deal of celebratory gunfire,” Caroline Hawley reports for the BBC.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Libya on Tuesday to offer a new aid package. She told college students during a gathering in Tripoli, “We hope [Gaddafi] may be captured or killed soon in order that you don’t need to him any longer.”
Gaddafi was ousted from power in August, and his whereabouts happen to be unknown for months. The Criminal Court inside the Hague, Netherlands, accused Libya’s former ruler of crimes against humanity.
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