Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi reportedly killed by masked men in Libya

Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, the son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi, was reportedly killed by “4 masked males,” in response to his crew.

The 53-year-old was killed within the city of Zintan, southwest of the nation’s capital Tripoli, in response to sources. The Associated Presswhich quoted Libya’s chief prosecutor. The workplace mentioned he had been shot, however offered no additional particulars, in response to the AP. Moreover, the outlet mentioned that Khaled al-Zaidi, a lawyer for Seif al-Islam, confirmed his demise on Fb.

The “masked males” allegedly stormed Seif al-Islam’s residence and killed him in a “cowardly and treacherous homicide,” the AP reported, citing Seif al-Islam’s crew. The crew additionally claimed in its assertion that the attackers closed the CCTV cameras on the home “in a determined try to cover traces of their heinous crimes,” in response to the AP.

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Portrait of Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi. He’s the second son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi and his second spouse, Safia Farkash. (Jason Florio/Corbis through Getty Photographs)

Born in 1972, Seif al-Islam was the second son of longtime dictator al-Qaddafi. He was educated on the London Faculty of Economics, the place he studied for a Ph.D.

Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi is seen after his seize within the custody of revolutionary fighters in Zintan, Libya, November 19, 2011. (AP Photograph/Ammar El-Darwish, file)

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Seif al-Islam, who was seen by many because the face of Libya to the West, has been described because the nation’s most influential man regardless of holding no official place. He led talks on giving up weapons of mass destruction in Libya and negotiated compensation for the family members of these killed within the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Reuters reported this.

Muammar al-Qaddafi, who had dominated Libya since 1969, was overthrown and killed throughout a NATO-backed widespread rebellion in 2011. The rebellion led to a civil battle and the nation has since turn into divided between rival armed teams and militias, the AP mentioned. In late 2011, Seif al-Islam was captured by fighters as he tried to flee to Niger and was later launched in June 2017 when considered one of Libya’s rival governments granted him amnesty, the AP mentioned.

A member of Libya’s pro-government forces stands in entrance of the ruins of a shopping mall in Benghazi, Libya, Could 21, 2015. (Stringer/Reuters)

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In November 2021, Seif al-Islam introduced his candidacy for the nation’s presidential elections, however was in the end disqualified by Libya’s Supreme Nationwide Election Fee, the AP reported.

The Related Press contributed to this report.