Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
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The killing of Muammar Gaddafi took place on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was found west of Sirte after his convoys were attacked by NATO aircraft, as part of the 2011 NATO military intervention in Libya. He was then captured by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces and killed shortly afterwards.[1]
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi | |
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Part of the First Libyan Civil War | |
Location | Sirte, Libya |
Date | 20 October 2011 |
Target | Muammar Gaddafi |
Attack type | War crime, extrajudicial execution, assassination |
Perpetrators | National Transitional Council |
The NTC initially claimed Gaddafi died from injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him, although a video of his last moments shows rebel fighters beating him and one of them sodomizing him with a bayonet[2] before he was shot several times.[3]
The killing of Gaddafi was criticized as a violation of international law.[4][5] Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called for an independent autopsy and an investigation into how Gaddafi died.[6]