Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s late leader who was detained in Lebanon, has been released.
He was released on Monday, November 10, after a Libyan delegation visited Beirut to discuss his release.
It was gathered that the Libyan delegation reportedly cleared a bail of $900,000 on behalf of Hannibal Gaddafi.
Recall that Hannibal was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of concealing information about the disappearance of Lebanese Shi’ite cleric Moussa al-Sadr.
Reports claimed that Moussa al-Sadr, a Shi’ite cleric, vanished during a trip to Libya in 1978, and Hannibal, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, was fingered to have concealed information about the disappearance.
However, Hannibal Gaddafi, who was born in 1976, was barely two years old when the incident happened.
This provoked ‘deliberate’ conversations, prompting questions on the possible involvement of a 2-year-old baby in concealing critical information.
Prominent individuals and human rights organizations, among others, strongly condemned and widely criticized the detention of Hannibal Gaddafi, describing it as illegal, unlawful, and arbitrary.
9 things you probably do not know about Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late leader who was detained for 10 years
He was born in 1976 in Tripoli, Libya
He attended the Marine Academy of Maritime Studies in Libya
In 1999, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Navigation
He holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Shipping Economics and Logistics from Copenhagen Business School
He began his maritime career by joining the General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) of Libya.
In 2015, he was abducted in Syria, where he was living in exile with his Lebanese wife, Aline Skaf, and their children
He is married to Aline Skaf, a Lebanese Christian former lingerie model
His marriage with Aline Skaf is blessed with two children, Hannibal Jr. and Alissa
He was handed over to Lebanese authorities, who accused him of concealing information about the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Musa al-Sadr in 1978, when he was just two years old.
