Report: Gaddafi captured in Sirte
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Cairo - Deposed Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi was arrested Thursday in the port city of Sirte, broadcaster Al Jazeera quoted an official from the National Transitional Council as saying.
"Yes, he was arrested. But we are not sure yet if he is alive or dead," Jamal Bu Shehata, an anti-Gaddafi commander in Sirte, told Al Jazeera, amid reports that Gaddafi was wounded.
The fugitive leader was believed to have been captured while driving in a convoy of cars fleeing from Sirte.
The news came shortly after troops backed by Libya's transitional leadership said they had fully captured Gaddafi's last stronghold.
Anti-Gaddafi troops were shown in television footage celebrating the fall of Sirte by shooting in the air as others tore up Gaddafi portraits.//DPA
