Exactly 72 days have passed since the assassination of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi. On 3 February 2026, in Zintan, a four-man hit squad eliminated the last “wild card” in Libya’s stagnant power play. The brazenness of the broad-daylight attack signalled a terrifying confidence, suggesting that the killers knew they had nothing to fear from the law. While initial headlines focused on “masked gunmen” and “disabled cameras”, the subsequent silence is more telling. In a country where every skirmish is live-streamed, the investigation into Saif’s murder has become a black hole. Despite the Prosecutor General’s Office identifying three suspects in March, the trail has since gone cold with clinical precision. The Prosecutor General claims the killers’ identities and route are known, yet […]
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