Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the western Libyan city of Zintan, where he had lived for several years.

Ahmed Khalifa, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent in Libya, said on Tuesday that Gaddafi is believed to have been shot and killed in the city, where he has been based for the past decade, Al Jazeera reports.

The death of the 53-year-old was confirmed by his political adviser, Abdullah Othman, although the attackers and circumstances surrounding the killing remain unknown. Libyan authorities are yet to comment on the incident.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi never held an official government position but was considered his father’s number two between 2000 and 2011.

In 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan opposition forces, bringing an end to his decades-long rule.

Following the collapse of the regime, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was imprisoned in Zintan in 2011 before being released in 2017.

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