TRIPOLI: The Libyan Attorney General's office confirmed Wednesday morning the death of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was shot dead.
Sources close to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's family confirmed his death Tuesday evening in the garden of his home near the city of Zintan.
The death of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was announced Tuesday evening amidst ambiguity surrounding the circumstances of his death and the parties involved.
The Libyan Attorney General's office confirmed early Wednesday morning, February 4, 2026, the death of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (the second son of the late President Muammar Gaddafi) from gunshot wounds, according to the official Libyan news agency.
The office stated that following a report of the death of Saif al-Islam Muammar Gaddafi (53 years old), "investigators carried out the Attorney General's order, which authorized them to gather information, by going to the scene, conducting an examination, seizing evidence, and interviewing witnesses and anyone who could provide information regarding the incident under preliminary investigation."
The Attorney General's office explained that the investigation team, accompanied by forensic doctors and experts (weapons, fingerprinting, toxicology, and various other fields related to the investigation), conducted the investigation, confirming that the victim was fatally shot.
Several Libyan media outlets circulated a statement attributed to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's political team, asserting that it was a "treacherous and cowardly assassination carried out by criminal hands at his home in the city of Zintan." According to the same source, “four masked men” stormed the residence of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and “turned off (disabled) the cameras” before assassinating him.
The country is currently divided between two authorities: the internationally recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli (west), headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and a parallel government in the east, based in Benghazi, which is supported by the parliament and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
An appeals court in Tripoli sentenced Saif al-Islam to death by firing squad on July 28, 2015, but he was released from prison in April 2016 under a general amnesty.
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