Al-Bibi is the one who found the despot in his final hiding place and duly claimed the war souvenirĪdel Samir said that Gaddafi was shot in the stomach with a a 9mm pistol.
'Upon hearing the truth, that Gaddafi was truly dead, revolutionaries at the checkpoints were beside themselves, shouting with joy.'Ĭelebration: Mohammed al-Bibi, seen here in a Yankees hat, points to a comrade holding Gaddafi's golden gun. 'At every checkpoint between Sirte and Misrata, crowds had gathered and wanted to know if we were the ambulance with Gaddafi's body in it. She tweeted: 'From the side door, I could see a bare chest with bullet wound and a bloody hand. So close was she to the action, that she was able to pick out the bloodied body of Gaddafi.
She said that she saw another ambulance carrying Gaddafi. Then we took him and put him in the car.'įreelance photojournalist Holly Pickett was embedded with an ambulance. He was saying ''What's wrong? What's wrong? What's going on?''. ''My master is here, my master is here'', he said, ''Muammar Gaddafi is here and he is wounded.'' 'Then I think Gaddafi must have told them to stop. One of Gaddafi's men came out waving his rifle in the air and shouting surrender, but as soon as he saw my face he started shooting at me.Īrguing: Gaddafi pictured in chaotic video footage minutes before he was killed Watch the footage of Gaddafi's last minutes in this video: 'At first we fired at them with anti-aircraft guns, but it was no use,' said Bakeer. The group hid in two concrete sewers but were spotted by rebels.Ī Libyan named Salem Bakeer said that he and his comrades gave chase to Gaddafi and his small retinue of bodyguards after they fled their convoy following the airstrike. Injured in both legs, Gaddafi made his way with bodyguards through trees. At least 50 loyalist fighters were killed.
The escape was spotted by Nato which launched two devastating strikes. Gaddafi was in a convoy of up to 100 vehicles which tried to break out of Sirte – the last centre of resistance after eight months of civil war – early yesterday. The astonishing end for the tyrant came after he and loyalist fighters tried to flee Sirte as it was overrun by forces of the National Transitional Council. RAF Tornados helped launch the final airstrike by flying surveillance missions which cleared the way for French fighter jets to bomb a Gaddafi convoy.
The circumstances leading up to Gaddafi's death are more clear. Terrified: Moments after he begged for his life, Gaddafi was shot dead by rebel fighters
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