Libyan prosecutors are investigating the killing of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.

On Wednesday, the public prosecutor’s office said forensic experts had been dispatched to Zintan in northwest Libya, where he was shot dead, adding that efforts were underway to identify suspects.

Marcel Ceccaldi, a lawyer who had been representing Seif al-Islam, told the media he was killed by an unidentified “four-man commando” who stormed his house on Tuesday.

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, 53, attempted to run for president in 2021, but the elections were indefinitely postponed.
On the streets of Tripoli, some Libyans believe al-Islam’s death will make a difference in the country’s future.

No official information has been released on Seif al-Islam’s burial, but his adviser, Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, told Libyan media that an autopsy had been completed and he could be buried in Bani Walid, south of the capital, Tripoli.