Hannibal Gaddafi
© Ismail Zitouny / ReutersHannibal Gaddafi
The son of late Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal, has been kidnapped in Lebanese capital of Beirut, security sources say.

Gaddafi, "who was in Lebanon, was kidnapped Friday by an armed group", a security source told AFP. According to reports on Twitter, Hannibal Gaddafi was seized by members of the Lebanese Amal Movement.

Hannibal, 40, is the fifth son of Colonel Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia Farkash.

He was the first consultant to the Management Committee of the General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) of Libya before his father was killed in an uprising that was backed by a NATO air campaign.

After the rebels took the Libyan capital of Tripoli in August 2011, Hannibal fled to Algeria with the rest of the Gaddafi family members and was later granted a political asylum in Oman.

Colonel Gaddafi, who had been the leader of Libya for four decades, had seven sons and two daughters of his own, also allegedly adopting two more children. He was removed from power and killed on August 23, 2011.