Libya: Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Son of Former Libyan Leader, Killed

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the 53-year-old son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been reportedly shot dead.

His lawyer,  Khaled al-Zaidi, said that a four-man commando unit assassinated him at his home in Zintan, though it was not clear who may have been behind the attack. His sister offered a conflicting account, claiming that he died near the Algerian border.

Gaddafi was long seen as the most influential and feared figure in the country after his father, who ruled Libya from 1969 until…