Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya. According to AlJazeera, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was believed to have been shot and killed in Zintan, a western Libyan city where he had been based for the past decade. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi never held an official government position but was widely regarded as his father’s second-in-command from 2000 to 2011, when opposition forces killed Muammar Gaddafi and ended his decades-long rule. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi faced allegations of torture and extreme violence against his father’s opponents. From 2016, he was permitted to contact people inside and outside Libya, according to Mustafa Fetouri, a Libyan analyst with contacts in Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s inner circle.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(AlJazeera)

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 03, 2026 23:11 UTC