Libyan forces 'capture Gaddafi'

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Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been captured and wounded in both legs, the National Transitional Council has said.

He was rumoured to have been trying to flee Sirte in a convoy of vehicles.

There was celebratory gunfire as the news reached Tripoli. Caroline Hawley reports from Libya.

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