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The two eldest sons of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in opposition custody, but questions remain about the whereabouts of other senior Gaddafi officials, and whether the opposition will hand over any prisoners to the International Criminal Court.
Gaddafi's second son, Saif al-Islam, was detained by opposition on Sunday night, according to Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the opposition National Transitional Council (NTC). The council provided few other details.
Hours later, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court confirmed the arrest.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam in June on charges of crimes against humanity. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the court's chief prosecutor, described Saif al-Islam as Libya's "de facto prime minister," and accused him of recruiting the foreign mercenaries which reportedly attacked protesters during Libya's six-month uprising.
But the opposition has not yet said whether they will transfer Saif al-Islam to the ICC. Representatives from the court and the opposition council are scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss a possible transfer.
Eldest son 'unharmed'
Muammar Gaddafi's eldest son, Mohammad, was also detained on Sunday night.
In an interview with Al Jazeera after he surrendered, Mohammad expressed his "sadness" at the fighting in Libya. The interview was interrupted by gunfire.
"What's happening in Libya is very upsetting. The killing between brothers, between Muslims, is something that saddens me," he said, shortly before gunfire rang out in the background.
Abdul Jalil said that Gaddafi was unharmed, though there was no way to verify that claim. His whereabouts is currently unknown.
Mohammad was the chairman of Libya's main state-run telecommunications firm, but his role in his father's government was reportedly minimal, far smaller than Saif al-Islam's.
Gaddafi, Senussi fled Tripoli?
Several other former senior Gaddafi officials remain at large.
The biggest question mark, of course, is Muammar Gaddafi himself, last heard in a brief audio recording on Sunday night. He called on Libya's tribes to March on the capital; "how can you allow for Tripoli to be burned?"
It is unclear whether Gaddafi is still in Tripoli, though that seems increasingly unlikely. Gaddafi, like Saif al-Islam, is wanted by the ICC.
Abdullah al-Senussi, Gaddafi's longtime intelligence chief (and his brother-in-law), also seems to have eluded the opposition. He was last seen at Tripoli's Rixos Hotel on Sunday, when he told foreign journalists that "Western intelligence" was "working alongside al-Qaeda to destroy Libya."
There are rumors in Arabic newspapers that Senussi fled Tripoli, either to southern Libya or to the Tunisian town of Djerba, but those reports cannot be substantiated.
Senussi was the third Libyan official charged by the ICC in June; the court accused him of carrying out a campaign of murder, mass arrest and torture.
PHOTO CAPTION
Libyan fighters wave a flag over a burning green Gadhafi regime flag they had just torn down as they celebrate victory on a street in Zawiya, Libya Friday Aug.19 2011 after they battled for control of the strategic central square against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
Al-Jazeera
