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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 'Freed' in Libya

11/06/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 'Freed' in Libya

Second son of late Colonel Gaddafi freed after being held captive for six years

Second son of late Colonel Gaddafi freed after being held captive for six years.

The son and reputed heir apparent to former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been freed from prison. Seif al-Islam had been held by a militia group in the western town of Zintan, Libya.

Also in the programme: More on the London attackers and who is Jeremy Corbyn?

(Photo: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. Credit: MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

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