TNC seeks extradition of Gaddafi family

Tue Aug 30, 2011

Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC) has demanded the extradition of fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's wife and three of his sons from Algeria, where they earlier fled to.

Mahmoud Shammam, the TNC's Information Minister, said on Tuesday that Algeria's decision to accept members of the Gaddafi family was an “aggressive act against the Libyan people's wish,” Reuters reported.

"We are warning anybody not to shelter Gaddafi and his sons. We are going after them … to find them and arrest them," Shammam added.

He noted that TNC would formally demand their extradition and make arrangements to ensure their fair trial in Libya.

"We have promised to provide a just trial to all those criminals,” the official noted, adding that the Libyan council considers Algeria's move to give refuge to the Gaddafi family members “an act of aggression."

The developments come after Algerian foreign ministry confirmed the fleeing family arrived in Algeria on Monday.

"Muammar Gaddafi's wife Safia, his daughter Aisha, his sons Hannibal and Muhammed, accompanied by their children, entered Algeria at 8:45 am (0745 GMT) through the Algerian-Libyan border," the Algerian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Libyan opposition officials announced on Monday that Gaddafi's son Khamis was killed in a battle near Libya's capital Tripoli and buried in the western city of Ziltan.

Opposition fighters want to capture the country's fugitive dictator and his associates so they can proclaim final victory in the six-month-old uprising.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/196521.html.