Mwili wa Gaddafi wazikwa jangwani

Mwili wa aliyekuwa kiongozi wa Libya, Kanali Muammar Gaddafi umezikwa leo asubuhi jangwani kwenye eneo la siri.

Familia ya Gaddafi iliomba ipewe mwili huo na wa mtoto wa Gaddafi, Mutassim lakini viongozi wa Serikali ya mpito ya Libya walikataa.

Gaddafi, mwanawe, na aliyekuwa Waziri wa Ulinzi wa Libya, walikamatwa wakiwa hai Sirte nchini humo lakini baadaye waliuawa.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was buried early Tuesday morning in a secret location in the desert, Al-Jazeera television reported, quoting an official of the ruling Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC).

Gaddafi's body has been on display, alongside his son Mutassim and an army chief, in a commercial freezer in Misrata.

Hundreds of people have queued up to view the rotting corpse of the former dictator who was killed after his violent capture last week.

The report didn't give further details on the burial. It is not immediately known whether the body of Gaddafi's son Mutassim was also interred together with that of his father.

The burial ended a rare, disturbing nearly five-day public display of Gaddafi's corpse in a cold meat storage container in the western Libyan coastal city of Misrata.

Mutassim's body was also put on show in the container.

Reuters reported Monday NTC fighters guarding the corpses " placed plastic sheeting under them as fluids leak."

The footage of Al Jazeera TV showed Monday that people were still being allowed into the temporary morgue to visit and take photos of the rotting corpses.

Gaddafi's tribe and family demanded the corpses be handed over to them for a quick burial in Sirte under Islamic traditions.The request was turned down by the NTC, which had been divided on the rite, time and location for Gaddafi's burial.

NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Monday that in response to international calls, the NTC has started to form a committee to look into the circumstances of Gaddafi's killing after he was captured in Sirte last week.

Jalil said that "those who helped Muammar Gaddafi" have played an effective role in killing him. The NTC chief did not elaborate on his claim.

Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron grip, and his son Mutassim were captured alive Thursday when NTC forces wrested full control of his hometown of Sirte. But both of them died in murky circumstances shortly after being seized by NTC fighters.