Gaddafi son sentenced to death in Libya

A court in Libya’s capital has convicted a son of Muammar Gaddafi of murder and inciting genocide during the country’s 2011 uprising, sentencing him to death in absentia.

The Tripoli court that sentenced Saif al-Islam, who is being held by a militia that refuses to hand him over to the central government, also sentenced to death eight others, including former Libyan spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, who is in government custody.