Gaddafi’s family to move to South Africa

Family members of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed on October 20 near his hometown of Sirte, soon intend to move to South Africa, sources from the family of Gaddafi told Echorouk

All Gaddafi’s surviving relatives, including his widow Safia, daughter Aisha and sons Muhammad and Hannibal who fled to Algeria, plan to travel to South Africa. Gaddafi’s son Saadi, who has taken refuge in Niger, as well as another son, Seif al-Islam, who is still in Libya, will join the family in South Africa.

Gaddafi, his son Mutassim and former Defense Minister Abu Bakar Younis, who were killed with him, will be buried in the Libyan desert later on Tuesday. The burial site has not been revealed.

Libya’s National Transitional Council has repeatedly demanded that Gaddafi’s family, including his wife, two sons and his daughter, be extradited to Libya from Algeria to stand trial. Gaddafi’s wife Safia, his pregnant daughter Aisha, his sons Hannibal and Mohammed, accompanied by their children, crossed the border into Algeria on August 29. The daughter, Aisha, delivered a child in an Algerian clinic hours after crossing the border.