Rebels: Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam captured
Slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s influential son and heir-apparent, Saif al-Islam, has been captured alive and uninjured, rebel sources told NBC News on Saturday.
Saif al-Islam and Moussa Ibrahim, the former spokesman for the Gadhafi’s regime, were both captured in the Libyan city of Nessma, near Bani Walid, and were currently being transported to Misrata, rebel forces told NBC News.
The collaring of Gadhafi’s fugitive son and spokesman could not be immediately verified. Rebel forces have been incorrect in the past with their reporting of the conditions and whereabouts of Gadhafi’s loyalists.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, whose name means “Sword of Islam,” was the most elusive of the late Libyan leader’s eight offspring. He was wanted on war crimes charges but evaded a manhunt for months to remain the only leading family member still at large.
Rebels credited the Osoud el Wadi brigade, which translates as “Lions of the Valley,” with the latest roundup of Gadhafi arrests.