A Libyan court has sentenced Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, and eight others, to death for war crimes including the killings conducted during the 2011 revolution. The former Gaddafi regime officials sentenced to die by firing squad included former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi and ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi.
Sadiq al-Sur, chief investigator at the Tripoli state prosecutor's office said, 8 ex-officials received life sentences and 7 jail terms of 12 years each. 4 of the 37 defendants were acquitted, others got shorter jail terms.
The verdict on Saif was passed in absentia in Tripoli since he is held since 2011 by a former rebel group in the mountainous Zintan region beyond central government control. Saif appeared by video link only at the start of the trial. The Zintanis refused to hand him over, but agreed to let him be tried there.