Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, the onetime successor of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is reported to have been nailed on Saturday by the Libyan militia fighters. The 39-year-old Saif has been captured along with his three bodyguards early morning near Awbari while trying to join his brother in Niger. He has been on the wanted list by International Criminal Court for months.
Presently, Saif al-Islam is under arrest in Zintan. While it is most likely that Saif would be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges, but Zintan militia may want him to be brought to trial in his own country, Libya. This may take a few days to work out. But possibilities are that militia leaders in Zintan would like to cash on Saif’s capture and play hard for a big role in the new Libyan government.
Saif, the son of erstwhile leader Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, has been found slightly injured in the clashes, but otherwise he is in good health.
Libyans celebrated Saif al-Islam’s capture as thousands took to the streets and gun fires were shot to mark the occasion. Libyans were seen dancing and hugging each other, but, for once, nobody seemed to mind.
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