Muammar Gaddafi killed after dawn blitz on Sirte:

Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed during an NTC raid on his hometown of Sirte.

He was captured at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which Nato warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which Nato warplanes attacked. "He was also hit in his head," the official said. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died."

A Libyan government fighter said earlier that Gaddafi was found fleeing from where he was "hiding in a hole" in Sirte, shouting "Don't shoot, don't shoot." Neither his capture nor death have yet been independently confirmed. Nato said on Thursday it was checking reports of the capture of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and said they could take some time to confirm. "We are checking and assessing the situation," a Nato official said. "Clearly these are very significant developments, which will take time to confirm. If it is true, then this is truly a historic day for the people of Libya." -- Reuters