Gaddafi intelligence chief set to face justice in Libya

Mauritania will hand over former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi – one of Col Muammar al-Gaddafi’s henchmen – for trial in his home country, a Libyan official said yesterday.

Al-Senoussi, who was the late dictator’s brother-in-law, was detained on Saturday travelling on a Malian passport. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court at The Hague and French authorities, accused of orchestrating attacks on civilians during the uprising in Libya last year and the 1989 bombing of a French airliner.

“Mauritania has given its agreement for the extradition of Abdullah al-Senoussi to Libya so he can be judged by a fair process,” said Libyan spokesman Nasser al-Manei. He did not say when the move might happen, but said the Libyan delegation had visited al-Senoussi in his cell.

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France convicted al-Senoussi and five other Libyans in absentia for the 1989 bombing of a jet over Niger that killed all 170 people on board including 54 French people. He has also been linked to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.

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