Libyan authorities have released one of the sons of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi from prison after seven years, the Associated Press reported.
Al-Saadi Gaddafi, was imprisoned at the al-Hadaba Prison in Tripoli after his extradition from Niger. Local media reported he was acquitted for crimes dating back to the 2011 revolt that overthrew his father, AP reported.
The former dictator had eight children. One son was killed with his father, and two others were slain in the uprising. Another was freed from prison in 2017 and remains in Libya, and another is supposedly imprisoned in Lebanon, with the rest of the children having fled to Algeria. Two sons, a daughter and Gaddafi's wife were granted asylum in Oman in 2012, AP reported.
Libya remains in a state of chaos, being divided between the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and a rival administration in the East led by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.
Mike Wagenheim/The Media Line contributed to this report.