Wednesday 17 / September / 2025
Gaddafi's second son is released in western Libya, after being in captivity for six years.
The son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been released by the armed group that took him captive in 2011.
That's according to lawyer and captors, who say Saif Al Islam Gaddafi was freed by the Abubaker Sadiq brigade, who was holding him in the western town of Zintan.
It's said he was released under an amnesty law passed by a parliament based in the country's east.
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The country's turmoil has led to several competing governments and armed factions.
Saif al-Islam's whereabouts are currently unknown, his lawyer saying it was being withheld for safety reasons.
Previous reports of his release now proven to have been false.
The 44-year-old is the most prominent of Muammar Gaddafi's children, touted as a possible successor before the uprising six years ago in which the long-time leader was toppled and killed.
A Tripoli court had sentenced Saif al-Islam to death in 2015 for war crimes, including killing protesters during the revolution.
A U.N.-backed government now in Tripoli has struggled to assert its influence - especially over those powerful factions in the east.
Despite his release, Saif al-Islam is sought by the International Criminal Court, which says his trial in Libya did not meet international standards.
