Saif al-Islam can be seen with a thick black beard and wearing traditional robes on a plane to Zintan
Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured, Libyan officials say.
He was taken by fighters near the southern town of Obari and flown to the city of Zintan in the north. Saif al-Islam told a journalist he was well.He is the last key Gaddafi family member to be seized or killed. Libya's new prime minister says he will get a fair trial in Libya.
Saif al-Islam, 39, is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity.
A militia force allied to the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said he had been captured in the desert about 50km (30 miles) west of Obari, and taken to their base in Zintan in the north.
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The International Criminal Court has a warrant for the arrest of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. Ideally ICC judges would like to see him tried in The Hague.
But they have quickly realised that is not likely to happen. The Libyan authorities are committed to trying members of the former regime inside Libya.
Allowing Saif al-Islam to be taken out of the country would be hugely unpopular. Quite possibly the Zintan brigade soldiers who now hold him would refuse to transfer him to the central government. And Libya is not a signatory to the ICC.
So instead, the court is already working to try to ensure a fair trial inside Libya. For Saif al-islam Gaddafi a trial in his own country means he could face the death penalty. That's something that would not have happened if his father had signed up Libya to the ICC, where the maximum sentence is life in prison.
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But they have quickly realised that is not likely to happen. The Libyan authorities are committed to trying members of the former regime inside Libya.
Allowing Saif al-Islam to be taken out of the country would be hugely unpopular. Quite possibly the Zintan brigade soldiers who now hold him would refuse to transfer him to the central government. And Libya is not a signatory to the ICC.
So instead, the court is already working to try to ensure a fair trial inside Libya. For Saif al-islam Gaddafi a trial in his own country means he could face the death penalty. That's something that would not have happened if his father had signed up Libya to the ICC, where the maximum sentence is life in prison.
A commander of the Zintan militia, Wisam Dughaly, said Saif al-Islam had been captured along with several aides as they tried to smuggle him out to neighbouring Niger.
Fighters said they were taken without a shot being fired."At the beginning he was very scared. He thought we would kill him," one of his captors, named as Ahmed Ammar, told Reuters news agency.
Asked by a Reuters reporter Marie-Louise Gumuchian on the flight to Zintan if he was feeling all right, Saif al-Islam said simply: "Yes."
He told her he had been injured in a Nato air strike about a month ago.
Interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib told reporters in Zintan: "We assure Libyans and the world that Saif al-Islam will receive a fair trial."
He added that he was happy for him to remain in Zintan rather than be transferred to the capital, Tripoli.
"Our brothers and sisters here and the authorities are definitely trustworthy. We trust their ability to be able take care of this person," Mr Keib said.
The Zintan fighters, who make up one of the powerful militia factions in the country, have said they plan to keep Saif al-Islam until they could hand him over to Tripoli.
Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam said Gaddafi's son would face justice in Libya itself.
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Saif al-Islam: ICC charges
- Indirect co-perpetrator of murder and persecution as crimes against humanity
- Between 15 February and 28 February, Gaddafi security forces carried out systematic attacks against civilians
- Saif al-Islam "assumed essential tasks" to make sure plan worked
ICC spokesman Fadi el-Abdallah told the BBC that Libya had a legal obligation to hand Saif al-Islam over to the court, and that the final decision on a trial venue was up to ICC judges after consultations with Tripoli.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said he was travelling to Libya for talks on the issue, adding: "The news is Saif will get justice. Where and how, that we will discuss."The European Union urged Libyan authorities to ensure that Said al-Islam is brought to justice in full co-operation with the ICC.
British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the country's leaders to ensure he was tried "in line with international standards".
Celebrations The capture leaves Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, Abdallah Senoussi, as the only Libyan ICC suspect still at large.
Saif al-Islam had been on the run since NTC forces took Tripoli in August, six months into the uprising.
Colonel Gaddafi himself was killed on 20 October after being captured during the final battle for his hometown, Sirte.
The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says Saif al-Islam's capture is a very significant moment for Libyans.
They came to see Saif al-Islam as the heir apparent, as a younger version of his father due to his rhetoric during the uprising, she says.
However, at one time he was considered one of the more liberal of Col Gaddafi's sons and was courted in the West.
Celebrations erupted on the streets of Tripoli shortly after the news of his arrest emerged.
Our correspondent heard people hooting car horns, waving flags and firing guns into the air.
Saif al-Islam has been reported captured before. In August, rebel forces announced his arrest as they took control of Tripoli - only for him to appear in front of cameras to disprove it.
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