Colonel Gaddafi Killed, Libya PM Confirms

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been killed and his body is being taken to the city of Misratah, Libya's interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril has confirmed.

"We have been waiting for this moment for a long time," Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli.

Footage has been released of NTC fighters surrounding an injured Gaddafi after his capture.

A bloodied Gaddafi is shown among a group of armed men who are shouting and jostling the former dictator.

It follows video that purportedly shows anti-Gaddafi fighters surrounding the body of the ousted Libyan leader before it is loaded onto the back of a vehicle.

Tonight, the NTC has claimed Gaddafi died from a bullet wound to the head when he was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle between his supporters and anti-Gaddafi fighters.

The Libyan prime minister says Gaddafi was still alive when he was put in a car in order to take him away from Sirte.

The NTC has insisted there was no order to kill the ousted leader.

Earlier, an NTC spokesman, Abdullah Beerassali told Sky News: "I have always said that the priority would be to take Gaddafi alive and put him on a fair, just trial ... but if he resisted arrest there was a great likelihood he would be killed."

An anti-Gaddafi fighter who claimed he witnessed Gaddafi's capture said the former Libyan leader was shot in the stomach as he hid with his bodyguards.

"We catch him and we shot him, somebody shot him by gun - 9mm," the witness said. Pointing to another man next to him, he added: "This man hit Muammar Gaddafi with his shoes."

Libyan TV channels have claimed Gaddafi was killed in these tunnels

Libyan TV channels showed footage of two large drainage tunnels where other reports suggested he had been killed.

Spray painted above the pipe openings were the words "contemptible Gaddafi" and "God is greatest". There was a corpse, apparently a pro-Gaddafi fighter, lying on the ground nearby.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters celebrated on the streets as reports of Gaddafi's fate emerged.

"We did it! We did it!" fighters in Sirte chanted, exchanging hugs and handshakes.

Sky reporter Kitty Logan in the Libyan capital said: "The mood here in Tripoli is of absolute euphoria.

"This is the moment they have been waiting for, this is what their revolution was about and if the rumours are true this is closure for the Libyan people."

There are also reports that Colonel Gaddafi's son Mutassim has also been killed after being found in hiding with his father.

Libyan TV is showing what it says is a picture of Mutassim's body.

:: Warning - graphic pictures have emerged of what is claimed to be the bodies of Colonel Gaddafi and Mutassim Gaddafi. Sky News is unable to confirm their authenticity.

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