Libyan Rebels Claim Gaddafi Son Killed

Publisher:
Al Jazeera
Publication Date:
5 August 2011
Tags:
Libya, Arms and Military Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Security

A Libyan rebel spokesman has claimed that Khamis Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, has been killed by a NATO airstrike in the western town of Zlitan.

Neither the Libyan government nor NATO have confirmed the news. Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from Misrata, Libya.

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