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Lebanon frees Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libya’s ex-leader, held for a decade

Hannibal Kadhafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi, in Tripoli, 30 June 2010. © Ismail Zitouny/Reuters file photo

The youngest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi has been released from jail in Lebanon after nearly a decade in pre-trial detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric.

Hannibal Kadhafi, who was abducted in 2015 by militants in Syria where he was living with his family in exile after his father was killed in Libya in 2011, was released on Monday, Lebanon's National News Agency said.

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