politics
February 4, 2026
Gaddafi’s son assassinated
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader, was shot in his own garden, an Al Arabiya source has claimed
TL;DR
- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, was assassinated by four people in his garden.
- He had been living in hiding in Libya for several years.
- In 2015, he was sentenced to death by a Libyan court for his role in the 2011 protests.
- The International Criminal Court also charged him with crimes against humanity.
- He was released in 2017 under a general amnesty.
- In 2021, he registered to run in the presidential election, but the vote was postponed.
- Libya has been experiencing civil war and political division since Muammar Gaddafi's killing in 2011.
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