“Libyans rejoiced as news of his death spread. Car horns blared in Tripoli and in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the rebellion against Colonel Qaddafi began in February, as residents poured into the streets to celebrate.
“Fighters from Misurata, the port city that suffered enormously at the hands of Colonel Qaddafi’s forces during the uprising, were in possession of Colonel Qaddafi’s body and had taken it to a morgue in their hometown, foreign press photographers in Surt said. There were unconfirmed reports that they intended to display it in Misurata’s central square.
“Mr. Jibril said he had no details on how Colonel Qaddafi had been killed, asserting that “we’ll give you the final details when they are ready.” But Mr. Jibril said he was confident that the cause of death was not from an airstrike by warplanes of NATO — one of several rumors flying as news of Colonel Qaddafi’s death was first reported.”
@The New York Times
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