Days later in November 2011, Seif al-Islam, whose name means sword of Islam, was arrested by an armed group and held in their northern hilltop stronghold of Zintan southwest of Tripoli. PHOTO | FEBRUARY 17 WEBSITE | AFPBorn on June 25, 1972, Seif al-Islam is the second of Gaddafi's eight children, the eldest son of his second wife Safiya. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia of former rebels that controls Zintan, said Seif al-Islam was freed Friday evening under an amnesty law promulgated by the parliament in the east. Seif al-Islam and eight other Gaddafi-era figures, including Senussi, were sentenced to death by a Tripoli court in July 2015. Gaddafi's son was not in court during the Tripoli hearings, but was able to testify via videolink from Zintan.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2017 08:26 UTC