Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested while attempting to flee to neighboring Niger.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya's deceased former dictator, has been arrested in southern Libya, according to offcials from the country's new government.
Muammar Gaddafi's second and highest-profile son was captured along with several bodyguards by fighters near the town of Obari in the western mountain town of Zintandetained, in Libya's southern desert, said the interim justice minister and other officials.
Saif was said to be in good health, the justice minister added. He was captured with two aides trying to smuggle him out to neighboring Niger, militia commander Bashir al-Tayeleb added.