Gaddafi's body placed in mosque in Misrata

NTC Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told Reuters that Libyan embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi dies from wounds sustained in an NTC attack on Thursday.    

Reuters reported that a Libyan government fighter said that Gaddafi was hiding in a hole in Sirte, shouting “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot”.    

The senior NTC military official told Reuters by telephone that the head of Gaddafi's armed forces Abu Bakr Younus Jabr had been killed during the capture of the Libyan ex-leader.    

A NATO official said that they are still checking reports of Gaddafi’s capture, adding that developments “will take time to be confirmed”.

Gaddafi's body has been placed in a mosque in Misrata, al-Jazeera satellite television said on Thursday.    

Al-Arabiyya television said Gaddafi's body was in Misrata, but said the body was in a commercial centre in the city's Souq Tawansa neighborhood.   

-Reuters