Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s son executed in his own garden

4.2.2026
The family of former Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been thrown into morning following the execution style killing of his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
Saif al-Islam, 53, was killed by gunmen who invaded his well-fortified home in Zintan in northwest Libya on Tuesday. He was shot and killed in his garden.
According to Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a friend of the Gaddafi family: “Four armed men stormed the residence of Saif al-Islam after disabling surveillance cameras, then executed him.”
Saif al-Islam’s cousin, Hamid Kadhafi, said he had ‘fallen as a martyr’, explaining that the address of the compound was meant to be a secret.
Saif al-Islam a PHD holder from London School of Economics was part of his father’s inner circle before he was killed in the Libyan uprise in 2011.
He assisted the West in making sure Libya abandoned its weapons of mass destruction and negotiated compensation for the families of those killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.
Saif Al-Islam called himself ‘a reformer’ and campaigned for a Libyan constitution and respect for human rights, he was seen as successor to his father. But was forced to flee the country during the revolt against the Colonel Gaddafi’s dictatorship.
In 2021 he indicated his interest to run for presidency but was met with fierce resistance by opponents of his father’s regime.