Libya urged to examine Muammar Gaddafi's death

The UN called for a full investigation, after video footage showed Col Gaddafi captured alive - and then dead. His burial has been delayed with officials divided about what to do with the body. A post-mortem is expected. NATO says it will end its campaign in Libya by 31 October.

The alliance's Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said that as the mission winds down, Nato "will make sure there are no attacks against civilians during the transition period". NATO's seven-month campaign of air strikes was carried out under a UN mandate authorising the use of force to protect civilians in Libya. For the people here the manner of the colonel's death matters little. What counts is that he's gone, and crucially, that Libyans believe he won't be coming back.

That perhaps in part explains the delay to the funerals. But as details emerge about his final moments questions are being raised to which at the moment there are no clear answers. Col Gaddafi was captured alive. People we've spoken to say he was relatively unharmed. But then he was set upon by an angry mob. In mobile phone footage fighters could be heard arguing over whether or not to kill him. Several hours later he was pronounced dead from a bullet wound to the head.

No-one knows who fired the shot. Hundreds of Libyans have been queuing to get a glimpse of the body of Col Gaddafi in a meat storage room in Misrata. The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in the city says some - mostly women - craned their necks to see the body of his son Mutassim, who was also killed on Thursday. Officials, including acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, have also been to see the corpses. Oil Minister Ali Tarhouni told Reuters Col Gaddafi would not be released for immediate burial.