Statement from attorney general's office says forensics teams examines body and site of shooting.
Statement from attorney general’s office says forensics teams examines body and site of shooting.
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Libyan prosecutors have launched a formal probe into the killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the country’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that forensic experts had been dispatched to Zintan in northwest Libya, where Gaddafi was shot dead, adding that efforts were under way to identify suspects.
The death was confirmed by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi
Saif al-Islam was shot dead outside his residence, sources close to the Gaddafi family said
Authorities investigating killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, once seen as de-facto PM under father's iron-fisted rule.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been considered the number two in Libya before the 2011 death of his father, Muammar Gaddafi.
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Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the west of the North African country.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, killed, say officials
