Libyans erupted in jubilation yesterday following the death of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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?It?s a great moment,? said Mahmoud Shammam, information minister for Libya?s National Transitional Council.
?I?ve been waiting for this moment for decades, and I?m thanking God that I?m alive to see this moment.?
CNN reports said video footage showed some cars parked on a Tripoli street as people and troops milled about the capital. Others were behind the wheel, shouting out of their windows. Passengers were hanging out of car windows and sunroofs and were gathered in the beds of pickup trucks.
The sound of cheering could be heard, along with a call to prayer, as people embraced and jumped up and down joyfully and crowds ran through the streets alongside cars.
Outside a hotel, staff including chefs wearing their white hats gathered, dancing and waving Libyan flags.
In Sirte, Gaddafi?s hometown, video showed people gathering in celebration, some riding on the tops of cars waving Libyan flags and shooting guns in the air as horns honked.
One man, dressed in fatigues and carrying a weapon, ran up and kissed a television camera. Others chanted, danced and waved their hands in the air, some flashing the ?peace? sign.
Many have suspected Gaddafi was hiding in Sirte after revolutionary forces took Tripoli in August.
He was wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands for alleged crimes against humanity and has not been seen in public in months.
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