Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal freed after kidnap in Lebanon

Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal freed after kidnap in Lebanon

IANSUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:07 PM IST
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Tripoli: Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources said on Saturday. In a video shown on Lebanese TV, the captive businessman was seen appealing for more information concerning the 1978 disappearance of the prominent Lebanese Shia cleric Musa al-Sadr, BBC reported.

The 40-year-old former playboy was given sanctuary in Oman in 2012. His father Muammar was overthrown by rebels in a 2011 uprising.

Al-Sadr, one of the most prominent Shia clerics of the 20th Century, disappeared along with two others during a trip to Libya in 1978. Muammar Gaddafi denied any involvement in his disappearance, but many suspect him of having orchestrated it.

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