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situation . in sirte just prior to gaddafi 's death 20 october 2011 31 : ly_type : event inline , title 11 44 n 16 31 17 e region '' ' libya 1977 libyan arab jamahiriya '' ' ' libya national transitional council '' ' '' libya 1951 mahmoud jibril libya 1951 suleiman mahmoud libya 1951 hamid '' hassy libya 1977 '' ` muammar gaddafi '' ' libya ` 1977 mutassim gaddafi libya 1977 abu-bakr yunis jabr mustafa abdul jalil '' ' libya muammar gaddafi killed death of muammar gaddafi
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death of muammar gaddafi

muammar gaddafi , the deposed dictator of libya , died on 20 october 2011 during the battle of sirte .
gaddafi was found hiding in a culvert west of sirte and captured by national transitional council forces .
he was killed shortly afterwards .
the ntc initially claimed he died from injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him , although videos of his last moments show rebel fighters beating him before he was shot several times .
