There have been celebrations in Libya’s capital Tripoli on the first anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi’s capture and death.

Dozens of vehicles parked around Martyrs’ square and many people danced and waved Libyan flags as unconfirmed reports emerged that Gaddafi’s youngest son Khamis had died after being captured.

“We are happy because they caught the tyrant’s son and other remnants of the regime. It is a gift the revolutionairies gave us for the souls of the martyrs,” said Tripoli resident Ali Al Toomi.

28-year-old Khamis was known as one of the most hardline of Gaddafi’s sons. His body was apparently found in Bani Walid, the scene of fierce fighting over the past two weeks.

But he has been reported dead several times before and there are conflicting reports about whether he was killed or captured on this occasion.

In a further development, Gaddafi’s former spokesman Moussa Ibrahim has reportedly been captured.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office, he was caught in a town 70 kilometres south of Tripoli.

Ibrahim was the mouthpiece of the Gaddafi regime during last year’s civil war. His whereabouts had been unknown since the fall of Tripoli in August 2011

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libya is fast slipping into anarchy and i dont think they realise it yet

Confusion over the news.

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21 October 2012 Last updated at 00:51 ET
Libya: Confusion at fate of Gaddafi aide Moussa Ibrahim.


Moussa Ibrahim was the international face of
the Gaddafi government.

A senior Libyan official has cast doubt on an earlier statement that Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for late leader Muammar Gaddafi, had been captured.

Meanwhile, an internet recording purportedly by Mr Ibrahim appeared on the internet denying the news.

The prime minister's office said on Saturday that government forces had arrested Mr Ibrahim south of Tripoli.

But Nasser al-Manaa, the prime minister's spokesman, later said there was no proof of the capture.

Other Libyan officials had also said they were sceptical, as such reports have proved false in the past.

"Moussa Ibrahim has been arrested by forces belonging to the Libyan government in the town of Tarhouna and he is being transferred to Tripoli to begin interrogation," a statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Ali Zidan said.

Tarhouna is located about 65km (40 miles) south-east of Tripoli on the way to Bani Walid - one of the last strongholds of pro-Gaddafi forces in the closing stages of last year's conflicts.

But the prime minister's office did not provide any photographic or video evidence of the reported capture.

The unverified audio recording of a man claiming to be Mr Ibrahim appeared on Facebook.

"We are outside of Libya," the man said. "We have no relations with Bani Walid and no contact with it. We are nowhere near Bani Walid."

During the war in Libya last year, Mr Ibrahim held regular press conferences in Tripoli at the Rixos hotel, which was used by many international journalists.
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