Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the 53-year-old son and onetime heir apparent to former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, was murdered by a squad of masked gunmen in his hometown of Zintan, according to statements from his office, his political allies, and local media on Tuesday.
Qaddafi’s lawyer and chief political adviser both announced his death at the hands of “armed men” in Facebook posts on Tuesday. Qaddafi’s office later released a statement that said “four masked men” broke into his house in Zintan, which is about 95 miles from Tripoli, and murdered him in a “cowardly and treacherous assassination.”
According to Qaddafi’s office, the attackers…
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