The overthrow and extra-judicial killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi not only divided Libyans, but led to a civil war that continues to this day. The war continues to affect the lives of millions. However, this is not the place or time to discuss that topic; perhaps in another article. This article is about what happened to the Libyan leader’s family, in particular the fate of one of his children.

While three of his sons were killed during the fighting in Libya near the fall of the regime in October 2011, the fourth son, Hannibal Gaddafi, managed to escape to Syria via Algeria. But under mysterious circumstances, he was lured to northern Lebanon in 2015, where he is believed to have been kidnapped by Shiite extremists – probably members of Hezbollah or the Shiite Amal movement. To this day, he remains held without trial or formal charges. He is in the prison of the Lebanese domestic intelligence service. He has been incarcerated for ten years. No one in Lebanon contests his imprisonment.

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