File Photo: Seif al-Islam al-Gaddafi looks on during a ceremony in the southern Libyan city of Ghiryan. AFP
The public prosecutor's office said forensic experts had been dispatched to Zintan in northwest Libya, where he was shot dead, adding that efforts were underway to identify suspects.
"The victim died from wounds by gunfire," the office said in a statement, adding that investigators were looking to "speak to witnesses and anyone who may be able to shed light on the incident".
A lawyer of Seif al-Islam, Marcel Ceccaldi, told AFP he was killed by an unidentified "four-man commando" who stormed his house in Zintan on Tuesday.
Libyan authorities have not commented on Seif al-Islam's death.
Moussa al-Kouni, vice-president of the Presidential Council representing the Fezzan region, wrote on X, "No to political assassinations, no to achieving demands by force, and no to violence as a language or a means of expression."
*This story was edited by Ahram online.
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