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The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed earlier this week, will be buried in Bani Walid, a town south of Tripoli that has remained loyal to the Gaddafi family, relatives said on Thursday.
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot dead on Tuesday in the northwestern city of Zintan. Mohamed Gaddafi, his half-brother, said the family jointly agreed on the burial arrangements.
Writing on Facebook, he said the decision reflected the family’s respect for Bani Walid, a town that has continued to show allegiance to Muammar Gaddafi more than a decade after his overthrow and death in the 2011 uprising.
Bani Walid, home to around 100,000 people, is known for its strong pro-Gaddafi sentiment and annually marks the anniversary of the 1969 coup that brought the former ruler to power.
Another brother, Saadi Gaddafi, said Seif al-Islam would be buried among the Werfalla tribe, a powerful local group, in a grave beside his brother Khamis Gaddafi, who was killed during the 2011 conflict.
Seif al-Islam’s lawyer, Marcel Ceccaldi, also said the former Gaddafi scion was killed when an unidentified four-man group stormed his home. The attackers’ identities and motives remain unclear.
Once widely viewed as his father’s successor, Seif al-Islam played a prominent role during Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule, projecting himself as a reform-minded figure despite holding no formal office.
He was arrested later that year on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity and was sentenced to death by a Tripoli court, though he was later granted amnesty.
In 2021, he announced plans to run for president, but the election was postponed indefinitely.
