Publication Date:
Thu, 2011-09-08 23:09
The two officials said that Al-Khoweildi Al-Hamidi was trying to take a plane out of Tunisia on Wednesday when he was detained and questioned by Tunisian police.
The officials said police released Al-Hamidi on Thursday but kept his passport. He will appear Tuesday in court.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Qaddafi’s wife and three of his children fled to Algeria last week, and other Qaddafi allies went to Niger, as Libya’s rebels solidify their control and are hunting Qaddafi himself.
Al-Hamidi is a longtime regime insider who took part in the 1969 coup that brought Qaddafi to power.
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