Libyan Rebels Have Captured Gadhafi Compund

As Libyan rebels fought to consolidate their hold on Tripoli on Monday and early Tuesday, reports emerged that two sons of Libya’s longtime leader were free despite earlier reports that rebels had captured them.

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, appeared to reporters in a convoy of armored Land Cruisers in Tripoli on Tuesday morning, more than a day after rebels claimed they had captured him. Hours earlier, Libya’s ambassador to the United States said that one of Moammar Gadhafi’s other sons, Mohammed Gadhafi, had escaped.

Here are the latest developments:

[Updated 11:39 a.m. ET, 5:39 p.m. in Libya] Rebels are saying they have capture Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound, CNN’s Sara Sidner reported.

“They have been able to take some of the weapons off of the Gadhafi forces,” she said.

Rebels are telling Sidner “Gadhafi is nearly finished.”

Sidner said that rebels said they are still inside trying to secure the area, but are celebrating as fighting continues.

[Updated 11:32 a.m. ET, 5:32 p.m. in Libya] CNN’s Sara Sidner, reporting from a neighborhood close to Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound, said there are “massive blasts and lots of gunfire” in the area.

“We have confirmed a civilian that has been hit by sniper fire according to a nurse” at the local clinic, Sidner reported.

This is a dangerous place to be,” she added.

Via CNN