Gaddafi on the run: Dictator may already have fled and be on his way to Venezuela after Libyan air force attacks civilians
By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 9:33 PM on 21st February 2011
- Libyan jets 'fire on protesters in Tripoli'
- Bloody battle leaves second city Benghazi 'totally out of control'
- Two Libyan fighter pilots defect to Malta after being told to attack civilians
- Gaddafi's own diplomats at the UN turn on dictator and say he should go
- Up to 400 feared dead after dozens killed in clashes
- Libyan guards on border with Egypt 'abandon their posts'
- Analysts say the end is nigh for dictator as his forces prepare assault
- David Cameron declares regime response is 'appalling and unacceptable'
- Gaddafi's son says: 'We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet'
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya and may be heading for Venezuela, William Hague said today.
The Foreign Secretary said he had seen 'information' that suggests Gaddafi is on his way to the South American country - as Libya was up in flames amid increasingly bloody battles between protesters and security forces.
Libyan fighter jets and helicopters reportedly fired on protesters in the capital Tripoli, with indiscriminate bombing runs leaving 'many, many dead'.
One protester told Al Jazeera:'What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead.
'Our people are dying. It is the policy of scorched earth,'he said. 'Anyone who moves, even if they are in their car they will hit you.'
He said the bombing runs initially targeted a funeral procession, and the Navy was also reportedly shelling the city.
Tripoli was rocked by gunfire with government buildings ablaze, amid reports of a massacre that left 60 dead in the city's Green Square.
Security forces appeared to be preparing a major assault in the capital tonight, as state TV said troops had 'stormed the hideouts of the saboteurs'.
Snipers took up positions on rooftops and jets swooped low over rooftops, apparently trying to stop more opposition activists joining those who are already overwhelming the city.







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