ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said that extra judicial killings should never be supported or promoted as he denounced the manner in which the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed last week following his capture by forces loyal to the new interim government in the North African country.

Like any civilised society we will never condone the manner in which a person is killed. We will never tolerate it, irrespective of who the person is, or what the person may have done, or alleged to have done.

Extra judicial killings should never be supported or promoted by any civilised nation, Skerrit said at a news conference here.

The United Nations and international human rights groups have been

Former Libyan President

calling for an independent investigation into Gaddafis death after members of the transitional government in Libya confirmed that Gaddafi, who had been captured alive, last Thursday, had died later of his wounds.

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