Forensic doctors carried out an autopsy on Gaddafi’s body. Meanwhile, National Transitional Council said the strongman’s body would be handed to his relatives.

Forensic doctors carried out an autopsy on the body of Muammar Gaddafi in order to investigate his controversial killing after being captured alive by new regime fighters. Meanwhile, National Transitional Council said the strongman’s body would be handed to his relatives.

 "The autopsy was carried out this (Sunday) morning," Misrata military council spokesman Fathi al-Bashaagha told AFP news agency.
"We had not planned to do an autopsy but Tripoli requested that we make sure things are done correctly," Bashaagha said.

The judge in charge of organizing the autopsy confirmed that Gaddafi body had been examined, adding he was waiting for a report on the causes of death.
"The autopsy was completed at 10:00 am (0800 GMT) but the report has not been written yet so I haven't been informed yet of the causes of death," said Abdel Salam Baayu.

One of the people involved in the autopsy also confirmed the autopsy was done.
"We worked all through the night. We just got done”, the source told Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity. He did not reveal any of the autopsy's findings.

The autopsy was carried out at a morgue in the city of Misrata, about 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli.
Since he was killed on Thursday, as he tried to flee his hometown of Sirte, Gaddafi’s body has been held in a refrigerated chamber outside Misrata, drawing large crowds wanting to view the remains of the despot who ruled Libya with an iron fist for decades.

Local officials said Gaddafi's body would now be brought back to the cold store at an old market.

Gaddafi's death raised doubts over the way he was killed, especially after Mobile phone videos showed him, injured in his legs and shoulders, NTC fighters. However, a second footage showed the strongman killed.

NTC TO HAND BODY

Gaddafi's children from left: Muhammad, Seif al-Islam,                  Saadi, Hannibal, and Mutassim

On the other hand, the NTC said it would hand the body of Gaddafi to his relatives after consulting with them on the location of his burial.

"The decision has been taken to hand him over to his extended family, because none of his immediate family are present at this moment," a senior government advisor, Ahmed Jibril, told AFP on Sunday.
"The NTC are in consultation with his family. It is for his family to decide where Gaddafi will be buried, in consultation with the NTC," he added.
Jibril declined to say when the transfer would take place.

Gaddafi’s immediate family members are either dead, in exile or unaccounted for.
His widow Safia and three of his children -- her daughter Aisha and sons Hannibal and Mohammed -- fled Libya in August and found shelter in Algeria. Another son, Saadi, escaped to Niger on September 11.

Three of Gaddafi’s children have been killed since a popular revolt erupted in February: Mutassim, who was killed on Thursday in Sirte, Seif al-Arab, struck during a NATO raid in April, and Khamis, who died in combat in August.

Only the fate of Seif al-Islam, the 39-year-old heir apparent, remains unknown, giving rise to conflicting reports, some suggesting he has been killed or captured; others that he fled to Niger.