Capture of Gadhafi's son sets up Libyan legal wrangle View larger image View larger image In this image from Libyan Television, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. (AP Photo/ Libyan Television via APTN) In this image from Libyan Television, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. (AP Photo/ Libyan Television via APTN)

	CTV Ottawa

Updated: Sat Nov. 19 2011 12:06:48 PM

CTVNews.ca Staff
On the run for almost a month after the death of his father, Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has been captured in southern Libya.
Libya's acting justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi confirmed that Gadhafi's heir apparent was detained Friday night by revolutionary forces and flown to the mountain town of Zintan. He had not been seen since Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces in late August.
According to Robert Reid, the Middle East regional editor for The Associated Press, Seif al-Islam was captured while travelling in a convoy with a group of aides about 50 kilometres west of the southern town of Obari and was apparently trying to escape to neighbouring Niger or Mali. His captors say they will deliver him to Tripoli once a new government is in place, perhaps within days.

"There could be some back and forth on what to do with this fellow," Reid told CTV News Channel, noting that while the Libyans would like to put Seif al-Islam on trial, he is also wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in connection with the brutal crackdown on dissent that led to civil war early this year.
"It looks like he's going to take the fall for the whole regime," Reid added.
During an appearance on CTV News Channel, North African Journal editor Alessandro Bruno said he doubted Seif al-Islam was trying to escape completely.
"I think his real goal was to be captured by international forces so he would be tried in The Hague and not Tripoli," said Bruno, who noted that Gadhafi's son will likely be executed if convicted in his homeland.
On Saturday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he will travel to Libya next week to discuss where Seif al-Islam will be tried.
Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said he is concerned that Gadhafi's son get a fair trial and that he be tried for the same charges he faces at the ICC.
"The good news is that Seif al-Islam is arrested, he is alive, and now he will face justice," Ocampo said in The Hague.
The oldest of seven children of Moammar and Safiya Gadhafi, Seif al-Islam had once curried favour with the west by touting himself as a liberalizing reformer but that changed dramatically when the uprising began.
"Seif came out very strongly in support of his father," Reid said. "He almost began to out-Gadhafi Gadhafi."
When anti-government protests began in February in the eastern city of Benghazi, Seif al-Islam went on television to make a 40-minute speech in which he warned demonstrators there would be "rivers of blood" if they did not back down.
The AP bureau chief said Seif al-Islam's loyalty to his father reminded him of a popular Mafia film.
"It was a scenario like ‘The Godfather'," he said, "where Michael Corleone changes his life because of loyalty to his old man."
With files from The Associated Press