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Gaddafi's son ready to surrender in
international court
Thursday October 27, 2011 09:03:22 PM,
IANS
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London:
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam has
offered to surrender in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in
The Hague if he is guaranteed his safety, Libyan officials said.
The 39-year-old Seif has been on the run since the Nato airstrike
on the city of Sirte last Thursday that led to his father's
capture and subsequent execution, the Daily Mail reported.
The offer of surrender raises the prospect of a trial in The Hague
which could include new details of the background to the Lockerbie
bombing (1988) and murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher.
Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, was captured by the
National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters seven months after an
international West-led alliance launched a military operation in
Libya March 19.
Seif and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, the ousted
Muammar Gaddafi's brother-in-law, had been trying to broker a deal
through a third country - believed to be Niger - to hand
themselves in, said a senior official in the National Transitional
Council.
Senussi is said to have fled into Niger late last week and there
were reports last night that Seif had also crossed into the
country where hundreds of millions of pounds of Gaddafi's smuggled
money is held.
Seif and Senussi are wanted on ICC warrants for genocide and
crimes against the Libyan people.
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