AL-MAYA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebel fighters handed in Tripoli as the forces of Muammar Gaddafi, collapsed and crowds lined the streets to celebrate, tearing down the posters of the Libyan leader.
A convoy of rebels entered in a neighborhood west of the city, firing guns into the air. The rebels said the whole city was under his control, except Bab Al-Gaddafi strength Aziziya-Jazeera, according to al-Jazeera television.
Gaddafi made two-way audio over state television calls on Libya to fight the rebels.
"I fear that unless we act, it will burn Tripoli," he said. "There will be no more water, food, electricity or freedom."
Gaddafi, a colorful and often brutal autocrat, who has ruled Libya for 40 years, said he was breaking the gun stores to arm the population. Its spokesman, Ibrahim Moussa, a settling of scores predicted violent rebels.
"A slaughter was made in Tripoli, where a party wins now, because the rebels have come up with so much hatred, revenge and ... Even if the leader leaves or steps for now, there will be a slaughter." NATO, which has supported the rebels with a bombing campaign, said the transition of power in Libya should be peaceful.
After a six-month civil war, the fall of Tripoli came quickly, with a carefully orchestrated uprising launched on Saturday night, coinciding with the rebel troops advanced on three fronts. Fighting broke out after the call to prayer from the minarets of mosques.
