Summary He was sentenced to death by a court in Tripoli in 2015 but the group had refused to hand him over.
TRIPOLI (AFP) - An armed group in Libya said on Facebook Saturday it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi who has been in custody since November 2011.
The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia of former rebels that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, said Seif al-Islam was freed Friday evening, "the 14th day of the month of Ramadan", under an amnesty law promulgated by the parliament based in the east.
The North African country has rival administrations, with the authorities in the east not recognising the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) based in the capital.
Political rivalry and fighting between militias has hampered Libya s efforts to recover from the chaos that followed the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Seif al-Islam s father.
Rival authorities and militias have been vying for control of the oil-rich country ever since.
"We have decided to liberate Seif al-Islam Moamer Kadhafi. He is now free and has left the city of Zintan," the statement on Facebook said.
Zintan is controlled by armed groups opposed to the GNA.
The son of the former dictator is the subject of an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the eight months of the uprising in 2011.
Libya s authorities and the International Criminal Court (ICC) are in dispute over who has the right to judge him.
