Statement from attorney general's office says forensics teams examines body and site of shooting.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been considered the number two in Libya before the 2011 death of his father, Muammar Gaddafi.

Saif al-Islam was shot dead outside his residence, sources close to the Gaddafi family said

Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the west of the North African country.

The death was confirmed by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi

Dictator’s second son, a key figure in post-2011 Libyan politics, reportedly shot dead at home by masked assailants

Statement from attorney general's office says forensics teams examines body and site of shooting.

Authorities investigating killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, once seen as de-facto PM under father's iron-fisted rule.