WARNING: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIDEO / EDIT CONTAINS VIDEO THAT COULD NOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY REUTERS<br/> After eight months of war, celebrations broke out across Libya with the news Muammar Gaddafi is dead.<br/> National Transitional Council officials announced the 69-year-old former Libyan leader had been killed near Sirte - although details were hazy.<br/> Amateur video that could not be independently verified by Reuters purportedly shows footage of Gaddafi's body being dragged by NTC fighters.<br/> NATO said its aircraft had fired on a convoy earlier in the day - but would not confirm Gaddafi had been a passenger.<br/> NTC fighters fired guns in the air in victory - after weeks of battle to take over Sirte - Gaddafi's hometown and the last loyalist city.<br/> SOUNDBITE: Unidentified National Transitional Council (NTC) Fighter<br/> "Thank God they have caught this person. In one hour, Sirte was liberated, in one hour, Sirte was liberated."<br/> In Tripoli and Benghazi - crowds danced in the streets - and fired guns in the air to celebrate the end of Gaddafi's 42-year rule.<br/> Sarah Irwin, Reuters.
