Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader has been shot dead

Sema Fonkem 04 Feb 2026

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, in February 2011. (AP/Ben Curtis, file)

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s political team confirms he has been assassinated at his home in Zintan, north-western Libya by a four-man commando unit. The mastermind behind the hit is not known at the moment.

Gaddafi, 53 was shot and killed after a struggle with the assailants who covered security cameras at his home to conceal evidence of the crime. 

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi born in June 1972 in Tripoli and he was the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.