Unconfirmed Reports: Moammar Gadhafi is Dead

The Takeaway

Unconfirmed reports out of Libya this morning say Col. Moammar Gadhafi has  died  of injuries he sustained when he  was captured  in his birthplace of Sirte earlier in the day. Adbel Majid of Libya’s National Transitional Council was  quoted  by Reuters  as saying Gadhafi was wounded in both legs and was carried away by an ambulance.  Earlier in the morning,  NTC fighters seized Sirte, the last city loyal to Gadhafi. Gadhafi has been in hiding since Tripoli fell to rebel fighters on August 21. Lufti Ben Hamid, a resident of Tripoli, reacts to the news.

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