Son of Libya’s late ruler Gaddafi killed by gunmen who stormed home

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late long-time ruler, was killed on Tuesday by gunmen who stormed his home in western Libya’s Zintan, his French lawyer Marcel Ceccaldi said.

“He was killed today at 2pm … in Zintan in his home by a four-man commando,” Ceccaldi said.

Saif al-Islam, 53, had been seen by some as his father’s successor, despite being targeted by a warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.

In 2021, he announced he would run for president, but those elections were indefinitely postponed.

His adviser, Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, told Libya’s Al-Ahrar television channel that the four unidentified men had stormed the home before “disabling surveillance cameras, then executed him”.

It remained unclear who was behind the killing.