Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed. Gunmen entered his residence in the western Libyan town of Chintaan and shot him dead on Tuesday.

Saif al-Islam's political team has not yet confirmed the incident. The incident is said to have taken place on Tuesday afternoon. Four masked attackers entered the house and attacked. 

According to international media, the attackers first destroyed the CCTV cameras installed in the house. Then they entered the house and killed Islam. Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a member of Islam's political team, reported this on the social network Facebook. 

He called the attack a cowardly and treacherous murder. Saif al-Islam's political team has demanded a serious investigation into the incident by the Libyan judiciary and the international community. 

Currently, local authorities in Tripoli and Zintan have not officially confirmed the incident. However, Libyan media and international agencies have published news about Saif's murder. 

Muammar Gaddafi was killed in 2011 after a NATO-backed uprising. At the time, Saif al-Islam was considered a potential successor to his father. He was influential in Libyan politics. Islam was also active during the uprising. Islam was arrested in Zintan after the uprising. He spent several years in prison.