Gaddafi son's case of leaving Lebanon under investigation

Gaddafi son's case of leaving Lebanon under investigation
December 31, 2015 | 12:00 AM
FILE - In this undated file photo made available Sept. 25, 2011, Hannibal Gaddafi, son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, watches an elite military unit exercise in Zlitan, Libya. — AP
FILE - In this undated file photo made available Sept. 25, 2011, Hannibal Gaddafi, son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, watches an elite military unit exercise in Zlitan, Libya. — AP
December 31, 2015 | 12:00 AM
Last Updated: December 31, 2015 | 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT  — A Lebanese security official says members of a Libyan fact-finding mission who came to Beirut to investigate the case of a detained son of their country's late ruler Muammar Gaddafi have left amid security concerns. The official says authorities advised the Libyan Justice Ministry delegation to leave Lebanon after relaying an unspecified threat to its safety. The delegation left Lebanon on Tuesday. The official did not elaborate. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Hannibal Gaddafi remains in Lebanese custody after unknown captors delivered him to authorities earlier this month. He is being questioned about the disappearance of top Shiite cleric Moussa Al-Sadr while on a visit to Libya in 1978. The Libyan delegation came to request Gaddafi's extradition for crimes committed during his father's rule. — AP