Tripoli , Libya ( CNN ) -- Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed . Here are the latest developments : . -- Reacting to the news of Gadhafi 's death , Vice President Joe Biden said that `` NATO got it right '' and `` the people of Libya got rid of a dictator . '' -- The South African government said `` a lasting and sustainable peaceful solution is possible through an all-inclusive political process . '' -- Even with Gadhafi dead , analysts say it will likely take years for the country 's oil to return to full production . It 's thought that Libya is already producing about 350,000 barrels of oil per day , up from near zero during the depths of the conflict . -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Gadhafi 's death `` clears the way for the Transitional National Council in Libya to begin to put together a representative government . '' -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the death of Gadhafi is `` important '' for Libyans . -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy 's office called Gadhafi 's `` disappearance '' Thursday a `` major step '' in the struggle by Libyans to `` free themselves from dictatorship and violence . '' Earlier developments : . On the ground : . -- Gadhafi 's son Mutassim has been killed , according to Anees al-Sharif , spokesman for AbdelHakim Belhajj of the Tripoli military council . -- Al-Sharif also said Gadhafi 's chief of intelligence , Abdullah al-Senussi , has been killed . -- Libyans erupted in jubilation with the first reports that Gadhafi may have been killed . A `` cacophony of celebration '' could be heard in Tripoli as ships and cars blasted their horns and shots were fired into the air . -- Revolutionary fighters attacked the house where Gadhafi was hiding , National Transitional Council Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told CNN . Gadhafi was shot while trying to flee , he said . -- A cell phone photograph distributed by the news agency Agence France-Presse appeared to show the arrest of a bloodied Gadhafi . CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the image . -- A video surfaced that apparently shows Gadhafi 's body . International : . -- NATO is going to convene soon for a meeting to discuss ending its operation in Libya , a source told CNN 's Barbara Starr on Thursday . -- NATO said its aircraft struck two pro-Gadhafi military vehicles in the vicinity of Sirte on Thursday . `` These armed vehicles were conducting military operations and presented a clear threat to civilians , '' Col. Roland Lavoie said . -- U.S. Defense Department costs for operations in Libya stand at about $ 1.1 billion as of September 30 , according to Pentagon spokesman George Little . That includes daily military operations , munitions , the drawdown of supplies and humanitarian assistance . -- Opposition activists from Syria and Yemen said dictators should pay heed to the fate of Gadhafi . -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said , `` This day marks an historic transition for Libya '' -- Sen. John Kerry , chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee , said Gadhafi 's death marks the end of his reign of terror and the promise of a new Libya .
Vice President Joe Biden said that `` NATO got it right '' South Africa says `` a lasting and sustainable peaceful solution is possible ''