And finally justice has prevailed for the Libyans as the tyranny of Muammar Gaddafi met a brutal and shameful death. In his final hour, the self-proclaimed ‘King of Kings’ and his dwindling die-hard supporters were vastly outnumbered by National Transitional Council fighters (NCT). Colonel Gaddafi was captured while trying to flee from the coastal city Sirte, his home town and last strong hold, for the west. With his death comes an end of era marked by violent oppression and tyranny on Libyans and spread of instability and terror around the globe that lasted more than four decades.
Footage on Al Jazeera showed Muammar Gaddafi was captured alive. The fallen dictator of Libya had taken refuge in a highway drainage pipe after abandoning his jeep that he was using to escape from Sirte. His bloodied and staggering body was beaten and dragged through an angry and unrelenting crowd to an ambulance as he pleaded for forgiveness. Several conflicting accounts are coming out about the circumstances of his death. It is still to be known whether the Colonel died from gunshot wounds, bled to death in the ambulance on the way to Misrata or assassinated. There is also another version – he was shot in the chest by one of his guards. His partly naked body was driven to a mosque in Misrata (the western city) and DNA test was conducted. The forensic expert confirmed close-ranged bullet holes in his head and abdomen.
As of now, there is uncertainty about Colonel Gaddaffi’s burial. It has been postponed until a third party investigation over the circumstances of his death is carried out.
What a tragic end to a life that believed in violence and inflicting pain on others!
Footage on Al Jazeera showed Muammar Gaddafi was captured alive. The fallen dictator of Libya had taken refuge in a highway drainage pipe after abandoning his jeep that he was using to escape from Sirte. His bloodied and staggering body was beaten and dragged through an angry and unrelenting crowd to an ambulance as he pleaded for forgiveness. Several conflicting accounts are coming out about the circumstances of his death. It is still to be known whether the Colonel died from gunshot wounds, bled to death in the ambulance on the way to Misrata or assassinated. There is also another version – he was shot in the chest by one of his guards. His partly naked body was driven to a mosque in Misrata (the western city) and DNA test was conducted. The forensic expert confirmed close-ranged bullet holes in his head and abdomen.
As of now, there is uncertainty about Colonel Gaddaffi’s burial. It has been postponed until a third party investigation over the circumstances of his death is carried out.
What a tragic end to a life that believed in violence and inflicting pain on others!
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