Libya: Gaddafi Murderer to Face Prosecution

By Staff Writer

TRIPOLI---The Libyan authorities have already started investigations on the death of Gaddafi, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the NTC, said at a press conference held in Libya's second largest city Benghazi, adding that they have "the code of ethics" concerning how to deal with war criminals.

Whoever killed Gaddafi "will be brought to justice," said Ghoga.
Gaddafi died shortly after he was seized alive a week ago in his hometown of Sirte in northern Libya, which was recorded on mobile phone cameras. His corpse was then transferred to Misrata, some 200 km east of the capital of Tripoli, where it was put on public display for almost five days.

NTC leaders have said that Gaddafi was killed in the crossfire between his loyalists and the NTC fighters after his capture. But speculations have been circulating that he was intentionally shot dead by NTC fighters.

Ghoga has said that it must be "an individual act" if Gaddafi is proved to have been killed by NTC fighters.

The whereabouts of Gaddafi's sons, who might have been the inheritors of the country's conflict, have drawn concerns after Gaddafi's death. Most of Gaddadi's sons were reportedly killed during the conflict in the country. However, his second son Saif al-Islam was spotted in the Nigerian territory on Wednesday.

The NTC maintains that Saif al-Islam is interested in handing himself in to the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant against him and Senussi. The court in The Hague says it has had no contact from Libya.

The United Nations on Thursday said it would terminate the Nato mandate enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya at the end of October, formally ending an eight-month blockade of the country's skies and military operations on the ground. The NTC had earlier asked for operations to continue until the end of the year.