Overview
- Libya’s attorney general said forensic examiners inspected the body and concluded he died from gunshot wounds, opening a criminal investigation.
- His political team reported that four masked assailants disabled security cameras and shot him after storming his residence in Zintan.
- Accounts differ on the exact location, with most reports citing Zintan while a family member said he died near the Algerian border.
- He was 53 and remained wanted by the International Criminal Court, while a Tripoli court sentenced him to death in absentia in 2015 over the 2011 crackdown.
- He reemerged to register for Libya’s postponed 2021 presidential election, and his killing now underscores the country’s fractured politics and militia‑driven security landscape.