Libyan Ex-Leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Son Seif Al-Islam Killed After Gunmen Storm Home

Last Updated:February 04, 2026, 08:01 IST

According to his adviser Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, who spoke to Libya’s Al-Ahrar television channel, four unidentified men stormed the house

File photo of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi. (AFP)

Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libya’s late longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi, was killed on Tuesday after armed men stormed his home in the western Libyan city of Zintan, his French lawyer Marcel Ceccaldi told AFP.

“He was killed today in Zintan in his home by a four-man commando," Ceccaldi said. Seif al-Islam, 53, had long been seen by some as a potential successor to his father, despite being the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes against humanity.

According to his adviser Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, who spoke to Libya’s Al-Ahrar television channel, four unidentified men stormed the house, first “disabling surveillance cameras, then executed him". It remained unclear who was behind the killing.

Ceccaldi said a close associate of Seif al-Islam had warned him days earlier that there were concerns about his security. “So much so that the head of the (Kadhafi’s) tribe had called Seif and told him ‘I will send you people to ensure your security’. But Seif refused," he said.

Seif al-Islam had announced plans to run for Libya’s presidency in 2021, but the elections were later indefinitely postponed. Although he held no formal position during his father’s rule, he was often described as Libya’s de facto prime minister and had cultivated the image of a moderate and reformer before the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. That reputation collapsed when he vowed “rivers of blood" in response to the revolt against his father’s regime.

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