Libya court sentences Gadhafi's son to death

July 29, 2015 00:10

A court in Libya on Tuesday sentenced a son of former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Silam to death along with eight others for war crimes that included killings during the revolution in 2011 that ended the rule of his father.

The former regime officials that were sentenced to death by a firing squad included Abdullah al-Senussi the former chief of intelligence and Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi the former prime minister, said prosecutors during a Tripoli news conference.

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