Saïf al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed Tuesday during an armed attack in western Libya, according to a statement from his political team.
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Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a member of the team, posted the announcement on Facebook, stating that four masked gunmen had carried out a “perilous operation” by storming Gaddafi’s residence at noon in the town of Zintan. The assailants allegedly disabled surveillance cameras before a “direct armed confrontation” ensued, resulting in his death.
The political team called on the Libyan judiciary and the international community to investigate this “crime” and identify the perpetrators and the “masterminds” of the attack. The authorities in Tripoli and Zintan have not yet confirmed the details of the incident.
Saïf al-Islam Gaddafi had remained an important and controversial figure in Libya since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 that ended his father’s reign.
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Xinhua
