![Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi adjusts his glasses at the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island in this September 27, 2009 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC military official said. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Files (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SIN303_LIBYA_1020_11.JPG](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OCD5Y3Z2GTCTMXQMOUNT2JUSNI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c84a4845e1320d570a501cf6a540678ff183b92908e1a3d52e92a46c7ce6e6&width=400&height=225)
Libya’s leader Muammar Qaddafi, who died in 2011, backed the IRA with money and arms. Reuters
Libya’s leader Muammar Qaddafi, who died in 2011, backed the IRA with money and arms. Reuters
Victims of Libyan-backed terrorism face new compensation battle
UK yet to confirm if it will publish a report by former charity regulator into the decades-old compensation claims