Seif al-Islam Gaddafi looks on during a ceremony to mark the arrival of water from the Great Manmade River (GMR) in the southern Libyan city of Ghiryan on Aug. 18, 2007. (Credit: Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of the most well-known sons of the ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was shot dead Tuesday at his home in western Libya by four unidentified armed men.He had been actively pursued by Interpol for years, sentenced to death in his country in 2015 before being amnestied in 2017, and prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. Long seen as his father's presumed heir, who was himself lynched by rebel groups in October 2011, Seif al-Islam's tumultuous past finally caught up with him.The man who had pet tigers, hunted with falcons, and mingled with the British elite in London had a rather chaotic path. Captured in November 2011 by an armed militia in Libya, a month after his father's assassination, he appeared in a video alongside his captors, looking emaciated,...
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of the most well-known sons of the ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was shot dead Tuesday at his home in western Libya by four unidentified armed men.He had been actively pursued by Interpol for years, sentenced to death in his country in 2015 before being amnestied in 2017, and prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. Long seen as his father's presumed heir, who was himself lynched by rebel groups in October 2011, Seif al-Islam's tumultuous past finally caught up with him.The man who had pet tigers, hunted with falcons, and mingled with the British elite in London had a rather chaotic path. Captured in November 2011 by an armed militia in Libya, a month after his father's assassination, he appeared in a video alongside his captors, looking...
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