Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi ‘killed’

20 October 2011 Last updated at 09:23 ET

Libya’s former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after an assault on his home town of Sirte, officials from the transitional authorities have said.

Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam said fighters on the ground had told him they had seen Col Gaddafi’s body.

Other officials also said he was killed during the assault on Sirte.

The claims have not yet been independently verified, and other reports said he was captured alive.

The colonel was toppled in August after 42 years in power. The International Criminal Court has been seeking his arrest.

Nato, which has been running a bombing campaign in Libya for months, said it carried out an air strike earlier on Thursday that hit two pro-Gaddafi vehicles near Sirte.

It was unclear whether the strikes were connected with the reports of Col Gaddafi’s death.

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