Dr. Saif-Al Islam Gaddafi, PhD(Uni. London), is seen here a day before his assassination. The room looked modest, especially for a man who grew up in wealth and fame.
Although his siblings and many who served in his father’s government fled to exile, Islam chose to remain in his country where he died with a gun in his hand fighting the assassins who had raided his home in the city of Zintan.
Curiously the guards who had been guarding his home were withdrawn hours before his assassination.
Today after a post-mortem, his Qadhadfa tribe and the Warfalla arrived in Zintan to collect his body for burial in the city of Bani Walid where he will be laid to rest next to his brother Khamis.
The family decided to bury him in Bani Walid, because the city and Sirte, were Muammar Gaddafi’s final strongholds before his fall in 2011 and have remained loyal to his family .
Thousands of Libyans carrying green flags turned up on the streets to wave Islam’s body goodbye.
Amnesty International said the assassination highlighted “the pervasive climate of impunity in Libya”.
Credit: Odhiambo Levin Opiyo
