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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Libya | |
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The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli. | The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli. |
Pictures posted on the internet showed him having his head and beard shaved. | |
Saadi Gaddafi, the former head of Libya's football federation, fled after his father was killed in the 2011 revolution. | |
He is accused of shooting protesters and other crimes during his father's rule. | |
The Libyan government made an announcement about Saadi Gaddafi's extradition in a short statement early on Thursday. | The Libyan government made an announcement about Saadi Gaddafi's extradition in a short statement early on Thursday. |
"The Libyan government received today Saadi Gaddafi and he arrived in Tripoli," it said. | "The Libyan government received today Saadi Gaddafi and he arrived in Tripoli," it said. |
The plane with Saadi, one of Col Gaddafi's seven sons, landed at 02:50 local time (00:50 GMT). | |
Two security sources later confirmed to the BC's Rana Jawad that Saadi Gaddafi had been returned and was now in the hands of the Libyan judicial authorities. | |
Niger had previously refused Libyan requests to extradite him, with the justice minister saying he was "certain to face the death penalty". | Niger had previously refused Libyan requests to extradite him, with the justice minister saying he was "certain to face the death penalty". |
In 2012, Interpol issued a "red notice", obliging member countries to arrest him. | In 2012, Interpol issued a "red notice", obliging member countries to arrest him. |
Saadi Gaddafi had reportedly resided in a state guesthouse in Niger's capital, Niamey, after fleeing across the Sahara Desert. | Saadi Gaddafi had reportedly resided in a state guesthouse in Niger's capital, Niamey, after fleeing across the Sahara Desert. |
He is best known for a brief career in top-flight Italian football which was cut short by a failed drugs test, as well as his playboy lifestyle. | He is best known for a brief career in top-flight Italian football which was cut short by a failed drugs test, as well as his playboy lifestyle. |
Trial delays | |
Since the 2011 uprising, Libya's new government has sought the extradition of several Gaddafi family members and ex-officials, with mixed success. | |
Niger extradited Abdallah Mansur, a former top intelligence official, to Libya on 14 February. | |
Mauritania also extradited Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi in January 2013. | |
Libya's highest-profile prisoner, Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been held in the mountain town of Zintan since his capture in November 2011. | |
While court proceedings against the prisoners have been initiated, trials have been set back by security concerns and procedural delays. | |
Meanwhile, Gaddafi's cousin and ex-envoy to Egypt, Ahmad Gaddaf-el-Dam, remains in Egypt despite Tripoli's attempts to secure his extradition. |