Seif al-Islam's political team later released a statement saying that “four masked men” stormed his house and killed him in a “cowardly and treacherous assassination

A lawyer who had been representing Seif al-Islam said he was killed by an unidentified “four-man commando” who stormed his house.

TRIPOLI | Xinhua | Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an armed attack in western Libya on Tuesday, according to a statement from his political team. Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a member of the team, posted the announcement on Facebook, stating that four masked gunmen carried out …

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the 53-year-old son and onetime heir apparent to former Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi, is murdered by masked gunmen.

The son of the slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, was reportedly killed on Tuesday in an armed attack. Further details of the incident are awaited. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had remained a prominent and polarising figure in Libya. 

Seif al-Islam, the son of Libya's late longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen by some as his likely heir, has been killed.