Killing of Muammar Gaddafi

Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
Part of the First Libyan Civil War
Muammar al-Gaddafi at the AU summit, 2009
LocationSirte, Libya
Date20 October 2011
TargetMuammar Gaddafi
Attack type
War crime, extrajudicial execution, Summary execution, torture killing
PerpetratorsLibya National Transitional Council

NATO NATO command

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The killing of Muammar Gaddafi took place on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured by NTC forces and executed shortly afterwards.[1]

The NTC initially claimed Gaddafi succumbed to injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him, although a video of his last moments shows rebel fighters beating him and one of them sodomizing him with a bayonet[2] before he was shot several times.[3]

The killing of Gaddafi was criticized as a violation of international law.[4][5] Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called for an independent autopsy and an investigation into how Gaddafi died.[6]

  1. ^ "Air strike hit 11 vehicles in Gaddafi convoy -NATO". Reuters. 21 October 2011.
  2. ^ Martin Chulov (20 October 2012). "Gaddafi's last moments: 'I saw the hand holding the gun and I saw it fire'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2016. one fighter crouched in the dirt behind the frightened captive and sodomised him with a bayonet
  3. ^ Beaumont, Peter; Stephen, Chris (22 October 2011). "Gaddafi's last words as he begged for mercy: 'What did I do to you?'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ "The Illegality of Military Support to Rebels in the Libyan War: Aspects of jus contra bellum and jus in bello". Oxford Academic. 2013.
  5. ^ "The Rule of Law and the Extrajudicial Killing of Muammar Gaddafi". jurist.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ Hounshell, Blake (21 October 2011). "Does it really matter if Qaddafi was executed?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 23 October 2011.