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Gaddafi son wants to surrender to The Hague – NTC
Published: 26 October, 2011, 21:17
Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (AFP Photo / Imed Lamloum)
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Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, and ex-intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi have reportedly suggested turning themselves in to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
The news comes from NTC senior Libyan military official Abdel Majid Mlegta, as quoted by Reuters.
Since NTC forces took control of Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, the colonel’s son has remained in hiding. He is believed to be somewhere near Libya's southern border with Niger.
According to the NTC official, Saif al-Islam and Senussi are trying to broker a deal to surrender to the court through a neighboring country. Which country that might be, however, has not been revealed.
Mlegta claimed that they feel unsafe both in Libya and in neighboring Niger and Algeria, where some Gaddafi family members have already found refuge. In any case, he added, they said that Niger was asking for too much money for them to stay.
Saif al-Islam, like his deceased father and Senussi, is wanted for war crimes. The ICC issued arrest warrants for the three of them in June on charges of crimes against humanity, after the matter was referred to the court by the UN Security Council in February. The charges were made in connection with the Libyan regime’s violent crackdown on protesters that month.
But it is far from certain that Gaddafi’s relatives could find justice in The Hague, and some analysts say t
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