One of
Muammar Gaddafi’s sons Mutassim, who was hiding with the cornered dictator in Sirte, was also killed yesterday, it has been revealed.
Mutassim Gaddafi, a senior army officer and security adviser, was shown lying dead on a stretcher.
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The new Libyan government’s TV channel broadcast a close-up showing Mutassim, stripped to the waist, in what appeared to be a hospital.
‘Mutassim is dead. I can confirm it,’ said government information officer Mahmoud Shammam.
There were also conflicting reports as to the fate of Gaddafi’s most high-profile son and erstwhile heir-apparent Saif al-Islam.
He was variously reported to be captured and wounded, killed or at large.
The French security agency Interpol repeated its demand that Saif, wanted for crimes against humanity, be handed over to The Hague.
Another of Gaddafi’s sons, Saadi, a former footballer who is also the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant, has sought refuge in Niger.
Gaddafi’s widow, daughter and two other sons fled to Algeria in August while another son Saif al-Arab Gaddafi was killed by a Nato air strike in April.
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