{"id":57069,"date":"2026-02-04T07:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/son-of-muammar-gaddafi-confirmed-dead-in-w-libya-armed-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:56:57","slug":"son-of-muammar-gaddafi-confirmed-dead-in-w-libya-armed-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/son-of-muammar-gaddafi-confirmed-dead-in-w-libya-armed-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of Muammar Gaddafi confirmed dead in W. Libya armed attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a member of the team, posted the announcement on Facebook, stating that four masked gunmen carried out a &#8220;treacherous operation&#8221; by storming Gaddafi&#8217;s residence at noon in the city of Zintan. <\/p>\n<p>The attackers reportedly disabled surveillance cameras before a &#8220;direct armed confrontation&#8221; ensued, resulting in his death.<\/p>\n<p>The political team called on the Libyan judiciary and the international community to investigate the &#8220;crime&#8221; and identify the perpetrators and those who &#8220;masterminded&#8221; the attack. Authorities in Tripoli and Zintan have not yet confirmed the details of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has remained a significant and polarizing figure in Libya since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ended his father&#8217;s rule.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-101576\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg\" alt=\"Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an armed attack in western Libya on Tuesday.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an armed attack in western Libya on Tuesday, according to a statement from his politicaal team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000101575,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/qp0ktkpturbxy8wmmqzmtk4ndq5ntm0n2m3mt.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}