Ibrahim, the mouthpiece of the Gaddafi regime, was captured last night outside Sirte which has been the scene of heavy fighting for several days, 'The Daily Telegraph' online reported.
"Moussa Ibrahim was captured while driving outside Sirte by fighters from Misurata," a commander of Libya's National Transitional Council's Zintan brigade was quoted as saying.
Ibrahim became a fixture on news bulletins from the first week of the uprising, lecturing the foreign media from a conference room at Rixos Hotel in Tripoli on the iniquities of NATO and the West.
He had on Friday appealed for resolve against "agents and traitors", and also denounced what he called "genocide" by NATO and its "Libyan agents". He had also flayed the world community for "inaction".
Like Col Muammar Gaddafi, his whereabouts had been unknown until yesterday.His capture came as forces loyal to the transitional government seized the airport in Sirte, moving through the partly destroyed buildings tearing down symbols of the Gaddafi era.
Published 30 September 2011, 10:01 IST