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Gaddafi`s son Saif al-Islam held: Report
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi`s second son Saif al-Islam was captured on Friday in Libya`s Zeltin city.
Cairo: Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi`s second son Saif al-Islam was captured on Friday in Libya`s Zeltin city, 160 km east of the Libyan capital, Egypt`s Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.
A field commander of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) told Al-Arabiya satellite channel over phone that Saif al-Islam had been captured in the south of the city and was now receiving medical treatment, Xinhua quoted the report as saying on Friday evening. Photos and a video of his detention will be made public within hours, said commander Ali el-Shawesh.
A field commander of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) told Al-Arabiya satellite channel over phone that Saif al-Islam had been captured in the south of the city and was now receiving medical treatment, Xinhua quoted the report as saying on Friday evening. Photos and a video of his detention will be made public within hours, said commander Ali el-Shawesh.
Shawesh, however, refused to reveal the gravity of Seif al-Islam`s injuries.
The report coul not be immediately confirmed by officials of Libya`s National Transitional Council. Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died Thursday after his hometown Sirte fell to the National Transitional Council fighters.
Saif al-Islam has been on the run since NTC forces took full control of Gaddafi`s hometown Sirte on Thursday.
IANS