Gaddafi's son captured in Libya's Sirte: NTC

SIRTE, Libya – Libyan government fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mo’tassim as he tried to escape the battle-torn city of Sirte, National Transitional Council (NTC) officials said.

The capture of the deposed leader’s national security adviser, and the first member of the Gaddafi family, is a boost to Libya’s new rulers, whose forces are still battling pro-Gaddafi fighters in his home town of Sirte.

“He was arrested today in Sirte,” Colonel Abdullah Naker told Reuters on Wednesday.

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