Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday.

The 53-year-old was killed in the town of Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya. The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

Khaled al-Zaidi, a lawyer for Seif al-Islam, confirmed his death on Facebook, without providing details.

Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, who represented Gaddafi in the UN-brokered political dialogue that aimed to resolve Libya’s long-running conflict, also announced his death on Facebook.

Abdurrahim didn’t provide further details, but Libyan news outlet Fawasel Media cited him as saying that armed men killed Seif al-Islam in his home. The outlet reported that prosecutors were investigating the killing.

Hamid Gaddafi, his cousin, told Al-Ahrar TV he had “fallen as a martyr.”

His last spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, posted on X: “They killed him treacherously. He wanted a united, sovereign Libya, safe for all its people.”

“I spoke with him two days ago. He........

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