Nato strike ‘kills Gaddafi’s son’

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Libyan officials call the fatal NATO airstrike illegal and a "war crime" Saif al-Arab Gadhafi dies after NATO missile strikes his house, a Libyan official says Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in the house at the time but are in good health The victim is one of two of Gadhafi's sons named Saif (CNN) -- One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference. Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in their son's house when it was targeted, spokesman Musa Ibrahim said

30 April 2011 Last updated at 18:56 ET

A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said.

Colonel Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa which was hit by the strike, the spokesman added, but he was unharmed.

His son Saif al-Arab was killed, as well as three of his grandsons.

Journalists say the building was extensively damaged and one unexploded bomb remains at the site.

Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the villa was attacked “with full power.”

“The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29 years old, and three of the leader’s grandchildren,” he said.

“The leader with his wife was there in the house with other friends and relatives, the leader himself is in good health, he wasn’t harmed.”

“This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country,” the spokesman added.

Saif al-Arab was the youngest of Muammar Gaddafi six sons.

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Nato strike ‘kills Gaddafi’s son’