The National Transitional Council of Libya has stated that Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of Muammar Gaddafi, has offered to surrender to the International Criminal Court.
Abdel Majid Mlegta, a senior military official for the NTC told reporters that with Saif al-Islam was Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi. Both are wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity.
Mlegta said,
'They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague.'
'They feel that it is not safe for them to stay where they are or to go anywhere.'
The statement comes just days after a message from Saif was broadcast on Syrian state television where he stated,
‘We continue our resistance. I’m in Libya, alive, free and intend to go to the very end and exact revenge.
‘I say go to hell, you rats and Nato behind you.
‘This is our country, we live in it, and we die in it and we are continuing the struggle.’
The 39-year old was reported to be attempting to escape across the Libyan border into Algeria or Niger with assistance from the Nomadic Tuareg tribe.
Both Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi have been on the run, since the ICC arrest warrants were issued in June, marking only the second time that the UN Security Council had referred a conflict to the ICC.
However, the ICC is yet to obtain confirmation of the intended surrender.
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