Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late longtime ruler, was killed on Tuesday, February 4th by gunmen who stormed his home in Zintan, western Libya.
Saif al-Islam, 53, had been seen by some as his father’s successor, despite being the subject of a warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
In 2021, he announced his candidacy for president, but those elections were indefinitely postponed.
His adviser, Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, told Libya’s Al-Ahrar television channel that four unidentified men had stormed the home, disabling surveillance cameras before executing him.
It remains unclear who was behind the killing.
While Saif al-Islam held no official position in the North African country under his father’s rule, he had been described as Libya’s de facto prime minister, cultivating the image of a moderate and reformer prior to the 2011 Arab Spring revolt.
