Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been killed, Gaddafi family source tells Al Arabiya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an attack carried out by four assailants, a source close to the Gaddafi family told Al Arabiya on Tuesday.

The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli.

The source said the attackers shot Saif al-Islam in the garden of his residence before fleeing the scene. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the killing, the source added.

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Libyan state news agency LANA also reported his death, citing his advisor, Abdallah Othman.

Sources within Saif al-Islam’s political team told Al Arabiya four gunmen stormed his residence after disabling security cameras.

According to the sources, Saif al-Islam confronted the attackers and was killed at around 2:30 a.m. local time.

Saif al-Islam had long been seen as his father’s successor. In 2021, he announced he would run for president, but those elections were indefinitely postponed.

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