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Evidence of mass murder after Gaddafi's death

Al Jazeera17 October, 2012

A new report suggests anti-Gaddafi militias carried out massacres during Liban conflict

!ew e"idence implicates Liban militias in an apparent e#ecution of dozens of detainees in rebelcustod following t$e capture and deat$ of %uammar Gaddafi last ear, a watc$dog $as said&

'n a report released on (ednesda detailing Gaddafi)s final $ours on October 20, 2011, *uman+ig$ts (atc$ said it $ad gat$ered e"idence t$at %israta-based militias captured and disarmedmembers of t$e dictator)s con"o and subected t$em to brutal beatings&lic. $ere for more of Al Jazeera)s special co"erage

/$e e"idence suggests t$at opposition militias summaril e#ecuted at least capturedmembers of Gaddafi)s con"o in irte,/ $is $ome town, 3eter 4ouc.aert, emergencies director at*uman +ig$ts (atc$ 5*+(6, said on (ednesda&

/'t also loo.s as if t$e too. %utassim Gaddafi, w$o $ad been wounded, to t$e port cit of8

%israta and .illed $im t$ere,/ $e said of Gaddafi)s son&

/Our findings call into 9uestion t$e assertion b Liban aut$orities t$at %uammar Gaddafi was.illed in crossfire, and not after $is capture,/ 4ouc.aert said of a *uman +ig$ts (atc$ reportdocumenting t$e e#ecutions&

$e :0-page report, /;eat$ of a ;ictator< 4lood =engeance in irte,/ also details t$e final $oursof Gaddafi)s life and t$e circumstances under w$ic$ $e was .illed on t$e basis of witnesstestimon and mobile p$one footage&

*+( said its e"idence suggested t$at %israta-based militias captured and disarmed members ofGaddafi)s con"o and, after bringing t$em under control, subected t$em to brutal beatings&

/$e t$en e#ecuted at least captured members of t$e con"o at t$e nearb %a$ari *otel,/said t$e report, adding t$at some still $ad t$eir $ands bound be$ind t$eir bac.s&

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*+( said it collected mobile p$one "ideo clips ta.en b anti-Gaddafi fig$ters t$at s$owed a largegroup of captured con"o members being cursed and abused&

$e watc$dog added t$at it used $ospital mortuar p$otos /to establis$ t$at at least 17 of t$edetainees "isible in t$e p$one "ideo were later e#ecuted at t$e %a$ari *otel&/

o document w$at $appened on October 20, 2011, *+( said it $ad inter"iewed officers inopposition militias w$o were at t$e scene and sur"i"ing members of t$e Gaddafi con"o in

$ospital, in custod or at $ome&ontro"ers still pre"ails about t$e circumstances around w$ic$ Gaddafi was .illed on 20 October2011 >3A8

/$ese .illings constitute t$e largest documented e#ecution of detainees b anti-Gaddafi forcesduring t$e eig$t-mont$ conflict in Liba,/ t$e report said&

$e watc$dog stressed t$at e"idence regarding t$e deat$s of %uammar and %utassim Gaddafialso calls into 9uestion t$e official account gi"en b t$e Liban aut$orities, w$ic$ said t$e two/died during fierce crossfire&/

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=ideo footage s$ows t$at Gaddafi was captured ali"e but bleeding $ea"il from a $ead wound& 'nt$e footage, $e is se"erel beaten b rebels and appears to be stabbed wit$ a baonet in $isbuttoc.s&

/*e appears lifeless/ b t$e time $e is filmed being loaded into an ambulance $alf-na.ed, t$eorganisation said&

On t$e basis of separate footage, t$e watc$dog said %utassim was caug$t ali"e and ta.en to%israta w$ere $e was seen smo.ing and $a"ing a /$ostile con"ersation/ wit$ $is captors&

/4 t$e e"ening, $is dead bod, wit$ a new wound on $is t$roat t$at was not "isible in t$e prior"ideo footage, was being publicl displaed in %israta,/ w$ic$ $ad suffered a brutal siege bGaddafi)s forces, t$e organisation said&

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*+( said it presented its findings to transitional officials immediatel after t$e .illings and $adrepeatedl urged t$e new aut$orities to carr out a full in"estigation into t$ese .illings w$ic$amounted to a war crime&

't added t$at it $ad not seen /an e"idence/ of an in9uir under wa&

/'n case after case we in"estigated, t$e indi"iduals $ad been "ideotaped ali"e b t$e oppositionfig$ters w$o $eld t$em, and t$en found dead $ours later,/ 4ouc.aert said&

/One of Liba)s greatest c$allenges is to bring its well-armed militias under control and end t$eirabuses&

/A good first step would be to in"estigate t$e mass e#ecutions of October 20, 2011, t$e mostserious abuse b opposition forces documented so far,/ 4ouc.aert said&

$e *+( report comes wee.s after news reports suggested t$at an agent for t$e ?renc$ secret

ser"ices, acting under t$e orders of !icolas ar.oz, t$e former president, $ad assassinatedGaddafi&

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