Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty. His father's preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years. The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been released on Friday but he has not been shown in public. Local reports suggest he is now in the eastern city of Bayda with relatives. The militia group said it was acting on a request from the "interim government". <br/>The government is based in the east of the country led by Tobruk and Libyan National Army, had offered amnesty to Saif al-Islam.<br/>However, he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli, the west of the country, where control is in the hands of the UN backed Government of National Accord and Allies.<br/>Currently, the country is going through civil war where conflict is going on mainly between these rival groups seeking control of the territory of Libya. Reports suggest that the release of Gaddafi's son could fuel further instability in the civil war torn country.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty. His father's preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years. The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been released on Friday but he has not been shown in public. Local reports suggest he is now in the eastern city of Bayda with relatives. The militia group said it was acting on a request from the "interim government". <br/>The government is based in the east of the country led by Tobruk and Libyan National Army, had offered amnesty to Saif al-Islam.<br/>However, he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli, the west of the country, where control is in the hands of the UN backed Government of National Accord and Allies.<br/>Currently, the country is going through civil war where conflict is going on mainly between these rival groups seeking control of the territory of Libya. Reports suggest that the release of Gaddafi's son could fuel further instability in the civil war torn country.