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Man who captured Gaddafi dies after being tortured

The man who had purportedly discovered former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi hiding in a drainage pipe nearly a year ago has died after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by supporters of the late dictator. Omran Shaaban, who is the latest victim of the persistent violence and instability in the North African country, had been hospitalised in France.