Rebels celebrate after storming Gaddafi stronghold

 

Colonel Gaddafi is on the run as rebel forces celebrate in the grounds of his compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

It was the dictator’s seat of power – now emptied of its contents, with some parading his belongings as souvenirs.

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Recordings of Gaddafi have been played out on local television and radio stations claiming he left the complex for "tactical" reasons.

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