Death of a Dictator: Bloody Vengeance in Sirte
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 16 October 2012
- Tags:
- Libya, Conflict, Peace and Security
This 58-page report details the final hours of Muammar Gaddafi’s life and the circumstances under which he was killed. It presents evidence that Misrata-based militias captured and disarmed members of the Gaddafi convoy and, after bringing them under their total control, subjected them to brutal beatings.
They then executed at least 66 captured members of the convoy at the nearby Mahari Hotel. The evidence indicates that opposition militias took Gaddafi’s wounded son Mutassim from Sirte to Misrata and killed him there.
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