Muammar Gaddafi's former spokesman has apparently denied reports of his capture, exactly a year after the death of the Libyan dictator.
An audio tape has surfaced online in which a man identifies himself as Moussa Ibrahim.
"On the subject of my arrest today ... it is an attempt to draw attention away from the crimes committed by Nato's rebels against our people in Bani Walid," said the man.
Earlier, the prime minister's office reported capturing Ibraham, who was the mouthpiece of the Gaddafi regime during last year's war, in the town of Tarhouna, 40 miles south of Tripoli.
"Moussa Ibrahim has been arrested by forces belonging to the Libyan government in the town of Tarhouna and he is being transferred to Tripoli to begin interrogation," the statement said.
But a government spokesman later said there was no confirmation of the capture.
The recording emerged as fierce fighting between pro-government forces and fighters in Bani Walid - a former Gaddafi stronghold - killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 200.
Fluent in English, Ibrahim would hold regular press conferences in the luxury Tripoli hotel where journalists stayed during last year's war.
His whereabouts had been unknown since the fall of Tripoli in August 2011, although there had been past reports of his capture.
Saturday marked one year since Gaddafi's capture and death in his hometown of Sirte, after he was caught hiding in a drain pipe.
