Death of Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, died on 20 October 2011 during the Battle of Sirte, aged c. 69. Gaddafi was found hiding in a culvert west of Sirte and captured by National Transitional Council forces. He was killed shortly afterwards. The NTC initially claimed he died from injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him, although videos of his last moments show rebel fighters beating him and one of them sodomizing him with a bayonet before he was shot several times as he shouted for his life.

Death of Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, died on 20 October 2011 during the Battle of Sirte, aged c. 69. Gaddafi was found hiding in a culvert west of Sirte and captured by National Transitional Council forces. He was killed shortly afterwards. The NTC initially claimed he died from injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him, although videos of his last moments show rebel fighters beating him and one of them sodomizing him with a bayonet before he was shot several times as he shouted for his life.