Muammar Gaddafi Says He is in Tripoli

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As I had previously reported, along with other news sources that Gaddafi had fled Tripoli, he has now come forward to speak on state TV to claim that he is indeed in Tripoli and that he never fled.

Libya's leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi, has dismissed reports that he had fled amid the unrest sweeping the country, calling foreign news channels "dogs". 

Speaking to state TV from outside a ruined building, he said: "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela," after rumours that he had flown to Caracas.

Col Gaddafi's statement came after security forces and protesters clashed in the capital for a second night.

The UN Security Council is to meet in closed session to discuss Libya.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the announcement, after speaking to Col Gaddafi on Monday.

"I urged him that the human rights and freedom of assembly and freedom of speech must be fully protected," said Mr Ban.

Gaddafi also goes on to say that there has been no massacres and everything the foreign media is saying is all lies and part of psychological warfare. 

One resident of Tripoli called the comment an insult.

"We thought that he'd just say he was sorry, or that he would just fix [it] or whatever, but something like this? This is insulting," he told the BBC.

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