Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former ruler, has died under contested circumstances, leaving behind a complicated legacy in Libyan politics.

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in an apparent assassination at his home in the city of Zintan in northwestern Libya, the head of his political ...

The 53-year-old was killed in Zintan town, 136 kilometres southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya.