US EditionSaif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader, has been killed, sources say
- On February 3, 2026 Saif al‑Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was reportedly killed, family sources and his lawyer Khaled el‑Zaydi said; his cousin's statement aired on Al Jazeera.
- Amid Libya's continued fragmentation after the 2011 uprising, Saif al‑Islam's 2015 death sentence in absentia and ICC accusations intensified tensions alongside his 2021 presidential registration.
- Local outlets say four unidentified individuals carried out the attack, while some initially suggested he survived and surveillance cameras at his Zintan residence were reportedly disabled.
- The Attorney General's probe was announced as Libya remains politically fragmented following the 2011 revolution, and Abdullah Osman said an official investigation has been launched amid Saif al‑Islam's polarizing role and 2021 bid.
- Given his ICC case, the development carries international legal and reconciliation implications beyond local violence in Zintan, a militia stronghold and flashpoint between the UN‑recognized Government of National Unity and Khalifa Haftar's factions.
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Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya's long-time ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi, has been shot dead. His lawyer claims it was an attack. Gaddafi spent several years in prison after his father's overthrow. By Moritz Behrendt.
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader and wanted by the ICC, was assassinated by an armed commando in the west of the country. An assassination with serious political consequences in a Libya still...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was once designated as his father's successor to take power in Libya.
Saif al Islam Gaddafi , one of the sons of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar el Gaddafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, has been murdered this Tuesday in western Libya. “He has been murdered today in Zenten, in his home, by a four-person commando,” his lawyer, Marcel Ceccaldi, told the AFP. Considered for a long time to be the possible successor of Muammar el Gaddafi before the fall of the regime in 2011,…
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