@Arabic_NewsArabic-News
A Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) commander says revolutionary forces have arrested Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for the slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, near the city of Sirte.
Abdul Hakim Al Jalil, commander of the 11th brigade, said on Thursday that Moussa Ibrahim was captured near the coastal city of Sirte, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital Tripoli, Reuters reported.
He added that he has also seen the body of the chief of Gaddafi's armed forces, Abu Bakr Younus Jabr.
“I've seen him with my own eyes,” he said as he showed a picture of Jabr's body.
Al Jalil added, “Moussa Ibrahim was also captured and both of them were transferred to (our) operations room.”
The news comes as the deposed Libyan ruler has died of injuries he sustained during his capture by revolutionary fighters in the northern city of Sirte.
“He was also hit in his head. There was a lot of firing against his group and he died,” an unnamed senior NTC military official said on Thursday.
There was no independent confirmation of his remarks.
NTC field commander Mohamed Buras Ali Al-Maknee had earlier said that a group of fighters from the western Libyan city of Misratah captured Gaddafi in Sirte, who was injured in both legs.
The news of Gaddafi's capture came shortly after revolutionary forces said they were in full control of Sirte after they finally triumphed over forces loyal to Libya's Gaddafi.
Anti-Gaddafi troops were shown in television footage celebrating the fall of Sirte by shooting in the air as others tore up Gaddafi portraits.
NTC official Abdel Majid has also said that head of Gaddafi's armed forces Abu Bakr Younus Jabr had been killed during the capture of Libya's fugitive leader.
Meanwhile, The US State Department said on Thursday that it could not confirm that Gaddafi has been wounded in both legs and captured.
“We've seen the media reports but can't confirm them,” State Department spokeswoman Beth Gosselin said.
