Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in Libya late on Tuesday. Sources close to him say the 53-year-old was shot by gunmen in the town of Zintan, 136 kilometres southwest of the capital Tripoli.
The death was confirmed by Gaddafi's lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi, who announced the news in a post on Facebook without providing further details. Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, who represented Gaddafi in the UN-brokered dialogues aimed at restoring peace to the North African country, also confirmed his death.
