Col Muammar Gaddafi was buried at an unknown location at dawn on Tuesday, according to NTC officials.
Colonel Gaddafi will be burried in an unknown location in the open desert Photo: ALAMY
By Ben Farmer, Tripoli and Barney Henderson
8:42AM BST 25 Oct 2011
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Officials said earlier that the ousted Libyan leader would be buried in a secret desert grave, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many to fear for the country's governability.
Transitional government forces had put the body on show in a cold store in Misurata while they argued over what to do with it, until its decay forced them on Monday to end the display.
His son Mutassim is thought to have been buried in the same ceremony. A few relatives and officials were in attendance, according to a Misurata military council official.
Yesterday, the government bowed to international pressure and announced a commission to determine how Gaddafi died after he was cornered in a drain while trying to flee Sirte, his besieged home town.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the chairman of the NTC, and other officials have said Gaddafi was killed in crossfire. Mr Jalil said: "In response to international calls, we have started to put in place a commission tasked with investigating the circumstances of Muammar Gaddafi's death in the clash with his circle as he was being captured."
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Mr Jalil also yesterday attempted to reassure the NTC's Western backers that the country would be a "moderate" Muslim nation, amid concern over its plans to introduce Islamic law. He appeared to soften his position less than 24 hours after using the liberation ceremony to declare that sharia would be the basis of all legislation.
His attempt at conciliation hinted at the difficulty the NTC is having in balancing the demands of secularists and influential Islamist factions who played a strong role in the uprising.
France and the EU warned the NTC to respect human rights after Mr Jalil's speech on Sunday in which he singled out a ban on polygamy as legislation which would have to be swept aside.
However, Mr Jalil said on Monday: "I would like to assure the international community that we as Libyans are Muslims, but moderate Muslims."
Meanwhile on Tuesday in Sirte, a fuel tank explosion killed more than 100 people less than a week after the despot was captured and killed.
"There was an enormous explosion and a huge fire. More than 100 people were killed and 50 others wounded" in Monday night's blast, National Transitional Council commander Leith Mohammed said.
He said the scene was "a heart wrenching spectacle with dozens of charred bodies."
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Stef Terblanche
9 seconds ago
The West has a nerve calling for an inquiry when people like Mrs Clinton frequently said "I hope you catch or kill him". Clinton should be charged alongside Bush jnr and a few other Western leaders for their crimes. Better still, how about subjecting them to the kind of mob justice they inspired in Libya?
shc
9 minutes ago
I know how he died. He was shot in the head by one of the anti-Gaddafi fighters. No commission is needed. The same fighters likely were responsible for the bound, shot in the head pro-Gaddafi fighters found just down the road in Sirte yesterday. All sides to the conflict are revenge seeking murdering thieves out for what they can take and another basket case nation is born. Liberation is it?
Sid Harth
21 minutes ago
Show me a moderate Muslim and I shall show you a moderate Roman Catholic Pope.
...and I am Sid Harth@arabuhuru.com
Ramdev
22 minutes ago
Why the secrecy?
Are they afraid that Libya is not all about traitors who have sold out their country to the private bankers who control NATO?
KlingonOffTheStarboardBow
29 minutes ago
Well, the chances of it staying secret for more than five minutes are just about nil, aren't they? Or will they do like Genghis Khan and kill everyone who knows?
They should have dumped him in the sea ......
BTW, I always wondered how the Mongols did that? Did the last person alive commit suicide? Recommended by 0 person
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heavenlyvision
31 minutes ago
reading the comments encourages me to see that I am not the only one who appreciates the good side of Gaddafi and the evil designs of some of the west.
a new angle: a few months ago I saw Liam Fox saying so much arrogant stuff against gaddafi. I decided to pray against him in the sense of God seeing his pride. In August I prayed he would be removed from office, I am praying the same for Cameron and Hague. what bloody and violent men with the garb of righteousness.
______ gfk
18 minutes ago
NURSE! Bring him his Pills, QUICK!
______ JonathanBurdon
23 minutes ago
I'm sure Cameron and Hague will be quaking in their boots. While you're at it can you pray that Wolves will win the Premier League this season? Cheers.
____________ GoodLuck2
19 minutes ago
He never promised miracles.
bnarpalvr
31 minutes ago
Rest in Peace Colonel Gaddafi.
Just as the Jewish people turned on Jesus and voted to free Barabus so the libyan people turned on you.
The libyan people will reap what they have sown at the hands of the west & islamic fundies.
ceridwen
20 minutes ago
For goodness sake, Colonel Gaddafi sanctioned the torture and killing of countless numbers of his own people. A tyrant, a despot, a dictator. Of that there is no doubt.
I agree with William Hague - this country does not do extrajudicial executions. I wish that Gaddafi had been treated for his wounds, cared for and eventually made to stand trial. Accountable for his long reign of terror and finally made to answers the questions that need answering because the world needs to get to grips with what makes dictators, what keeps them in power for so long and, shamefully for some of our former politicians, what it is about them that seems so seductive. In Libya, was it just the oil?
And for the record, Jesus and Gaddafi can't possibly be put into the same category - of anything. One preached and practised peace, justice and forgiveness and the other the extreme opposite.
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