A senior general loyal to Muammar Gaddafi has been captured in the southern Libya, an official from the country's new regime told the media on Tuesday.
"General Belgacem Al-Abaaj, Gaddafi's intelligence chief in the Al Khofra region, was captured" some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from southern Libyan town of Sebha, said Mohamed Wardugu, spokesman for the ‘Desert Shield Brigade’ in Benghazi.
Wardugu had been sought by the forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC), was seized with members of his family who were traveling in five four-wheel drive vehicles, he added.