Youngest son of Colonel Gaddafi dead after Bani Walid siege – Libya deputy PM

 

Khamis Gaddafi (AFP Photo / Libyan TV)

Source: Russia Today

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Khamis Gaddafi has been killed in the Bani Walid siege, Libya’s National Congress has confirmed. The body of Colonel Gaddafi’s youngest son has reportedly now been transferred to a hospital in Misrata.

A spokesperson from the Congress said that the 28-year-old was killed “in battle,” while Deputy PM Mustafa Abushagur wrote on Twitter that his body had been found in a Misrata hospital.

Earlier, conflicting reports on Twitter said that Khamis Gaddafi was apprehended in Bani Walid by government forces and later died in their custody.

Khamis Gaddafi was said to have been killed by a NATO airstrike in August 2011, but this was never able to be verified. During the past year various militia groups and government forces have claimed to have killed Khamis Gaddafi.

Meanwhile, Moussa Ibrahim, Muammar Gaddafi's former spokesman, reportedly posted an online audio message denying earlier reports of Khamis Gaddafi's death and his capture by government forces.

The news follows the office of the Libyan Prime Minister stating that “Moussa Ibrahim has been arrested by forces belonging to the Libyan government in Tarhouna and he is being transferred to Tripoli to begin interrogation.”

It comes amidst the ongoing assault of the stronghold of Bani Walid by the Libyan army, which is looking to win over the remaining Gaddafi loyalists in the town.

Violence has been ongoing in Bani Walid for over a fortnight, with Mohammed Megaryef, Libya’s de facto head of state, saying that the fight for control is not over yet.

"The campaign to liberate the country has not been fully completed," Megaryef, the head of Libya's national assembly, said on state television on Saturday. He cited the “corruption and weakness” of some government bodies as the root cause for the “state of discontent and tension among different segments of society.”

The Bani Walid assault followed the kidnap, shooting and torture in Bani Walid of Omran Ben Shaaban, credited with capturing Gaddafi last year. Shaban died of his injuries last month while undergoing treatment in Paris. It is widely believed he was killed by Gaddafi loyalists.

Libya regime denies Gaddafi son's death

Khamis Gaddafi, the son of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi (file photo)

Source: Press TV
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The Libyan regime has denied earlier reports that another one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons has been killed in a NATO airstrike in the country's west.

A spokesman for the regime in Tripoli said on Friday that reports of his death are a "dirty trick."

The statement comes after the revolutionaries fighting troops loyal to Gaddafi reported that the ruler's youngest son Khamis had been killed in a NATO airstrike.

The revolutionaries say the incident happened in the western town of Zlitan.

Khamis is a top commander in his father's military.

Meanwhile, Tripoli says that a NATO airstrike has killed two children aged three and five along with their mother in Zlitan.

A statement released by the government says that a NATO airstrike reduced their house to rubble.

Opposition sources say a total of 32 people were killed in the NATO airstrike on a government operations center in Ziltan.

NATO has recently intensified its attacks on Libya in an alleged attempt to increase pressure on Gaddafi.

Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between government troops and revolutionary forces since mid-February.

The deadly conflict has left thousands of people dead and wounded. Revolutionary forces want an end to Gaddafi's decades-long rule.

'Gaddafi's son killed in NATO airstrike'

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/192438.html

Libyan revolutionary forces claim that one of the sons of the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi has been killed in an airstrike by NATO warplanes in the western town of Zlitan.

"Overnight there was an aircraft attack by NATO on the Gaddafi operations room in Zlitan and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed. One of them is Khamis," said Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for the Libyan United Revolutionary Forces.

Zawawi said he got the information from spies planted among Gaddafi ranks.

Khamis has led pro-Gaddafi militia groups in Zlitan for a long time and has commanded the battle in the western town to stop revolutionary forces from advancing towards Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital Tripoli, the fighters said.

Earlier this week, fighters in Misratah, 60 kilometers (37 miles) to the east of Zlitan, announced they had advanced in the western town. Libyan government quickly denied the claim, saying the town was in their full control.

Ten explosions rocked the southeastern suburb of Khellat al-Ferjan in Tripoli early Friday.

Since NATO took over command of air strikes on March 31, its aircraft have conducted 17,566 sorties, including 6,648 strike sorties, according to a Reuters report published on August 3.

NATO members that have been participating in air strikes in Libya include France, Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, and Italy.