As the hunt for former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi continues, a senior military official said Tuesday he has probably left the town of Bani Walid and is heading further south with the help of loyalist tribes towards Chad or Niger.

Hisham Buhagiar, who is coordinating the National Transitional Council’s efforts to find Qaddafi, told Reuters reports indicate he may have been in the region of the southern village of Ghwat, some 950km south of Tripoli and 300km north of the border with Niger, three days ago.


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