Muammar Gaddafi remains a mystery even after his death. The Libyan leader, known for his eccentricity and enigmatic nature, has been buried in an unknown location in Sahara desert on Tuesday morning. The deposed leader of Libya together with his son Mutassim and one of his ex-aids was given an Islamic burial five days following his capture and killing.
Khaled Tantoush, late Colonel Gaddafi’s cleric, who was also captured with the ex-Libyan head, read a prayer following which the bodies were shifted from Misrata after four days of public display. The bodies were then handed over to two National Transitional Council (NTC) loyalists for inhumation. The time of burial is suggested to be 5 am local time.
Earlier the body of the deposed Libyan ruler was put in a meat locker in the coastal city of Misrata for five days of public display.
One of the reasons for such top secrecy is that NTC wanted to avoid the attempt by Gaddafi loyalists to turn his burial site to become a shrine.
It is being said that the witnesses presented at Colonel Gaddafi’s burial had been sworn on the Holy Koran never to expose the true location of Gaddafi's grave.
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