Tripoli: Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, along with 37 other ex-government officials, will stand trial on Thursday over crimes committed during the 2011 uprising.
The controversial trial will be held at the Criminal South Court in Tripoli, Xinhua reported Thursday citing a statement released by Libya’s General Attorney Abdul Kader Jumaa Redwan.
The session will not be open to the public. Al-Islam, Gaddafi’s second-eldest son and the only son of the former president in custody in the country, will attend a preliminary hearing with 37 other Gaddafi-era officials Thursday. The others include Abdallah Al-Senussi, a former spy chief, and Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, the last prime minister under Gaddafi’s administration.
During the court session, a 4,000-page file will be examined by the court prosecutor, the general attorney said. (IANS)
