Gaddafi’s son had significant symbolic weight and his assassination could alter Libya’s already turbulent security and political landscape, analysts say

I, for one, will not be mourning the demise of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former dictator, who has been murdered by unknown gunmen in his desert hideaway.

Sources close to him say four masked gunmen stormed his home to carry out the “heinous crime”.