Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ShareBANI WALID, Libya (AP) — Thousands converged in northwestern Libya for the funeral Friday of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed earlier this week when four masked assailants stormed into his home and fatally shot him. Gadhafi was killed later that year in his hometown of Sirte as fighting in Libya escalated into a full-blown civil war. Seif al-Islam was captured by fighters in Zintan late in 2011 while trying to flee to neighboring Niger. Go to the gas station — there’s no diesel,″ Seif al-Islam told the Times.

Source: Libya Today February 06, 2026 14:59 UTC