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Gadhafi Killed in Libyan Hometown

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 20, 2011 3:00PM

Multiple media outlets are reporting the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. Libyan insurgent forces overran Gadhafi's stronghold in his hometown of Sirte today and at a news conference in the capital city of Tripoli, said, "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed."

Gothamist has a cell phone image of someone purported to be Gadhafi. Al Jazeera has posted video of a man who looks like Gadhafi, stripped to the waist, either dead or severely wounded on the street.

Both the image and the video, needless to say, are graphic. Discretion is advised.