Libya authorities have released former president Gaddafi’s son, Saadi Gadaffi from prison.
Saadi was extradited to lybia in 2014 and Imprisoned in Tripoli after having fled to Niger.
The 47-year-old immediately departed on a plane to Istanbul, an official source told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.
A source at the prosecutor’s office told the AFP news agency that “the chief prosecutor asked, several months ago, for the execution of the decision relating to Saadi Gaddafi as soon as all the required conditions had been satisfied and that he was free to stay in the country or leave”.
The former professional footballer was accused of crimes committed against protesters in 2011 and of killing Libyan football coach Bashir al-Rayani in 2005.
He was acquitted of al-Rayani’s murder in April 2018.
