Gaddafi dead picture released

October 20, 2011 - 17:58 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Libyan official said the ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi had been shot in the legs during his capture, but he had also been hit in the head during the firefight.

The picture of Gaddafi’s dead body was released by agency AFP in an image credited to Philippe Desmazes.

Gaddafi is said to have died shortly after rebel fighters finally overran his loyalists defending the coastal town of Sirte - finally ending the last remnants of his 42 year hold on Libya.

Libyan National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta said Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn today as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.

“He was also hit in his head.” the official said. “There was a lot of firing against his group and he died.”

The Ministry of Defence in London confirmed that NATO warplanes today, Oct 20 attacked a convoy of vehicles fleeing Sirte.

It is not known whether Gaddafi was in any of the vehicles.

"It was targeted on the basis that this was the last of the pro-Gaddafi forces fleeing Sirte," a spokesman said.

RAF fighters were not involved in the attack, although RAF reconnaissance aircraft were in the area.

In London International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell told ITV News that if the reports were confirmed, the freedom the people of Libya had hoped for would come a step closer, according to Mirror.