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New video of moments after Gaddafi's death emerges

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Press Trust of India London

In the shocking clip, which was posted to YouTube on Monday, high-spirited demonstrators apparently use the Libyan dictator's corpse as a ventriloquist's doll.

The footage came to light after a Syrian activist linked to it on Twitter, aiming a threat at Syria's leader Bashar Al Assad, The Daily Mail reported.

The little over one minute-long video, whose authenticity cannot be independently verified, seems to have been filmed on October 20 last year, the day Gaddafi was captured and killed by rebel troops.

It shows a confused scene of celebration as young men shout and cheer next to a van containing an apparently dead body which resembles the dictator.

 

Its release comes less than two weeks after Libya's first democratic elections, which appear to have handed a victory to secular liberal forces.

Gaddafi ruled the Libya with an iron hand after wresting control from King Idris in a bloodless coup in 1969.

  

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First Published: Jul 17 2012 | 7:07 PM IST

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