Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been captured in a firefight in the Libyan desert, senior Libyan military commanders said today .
Saif al-Islam was caught by revolutionary fighters after 15 days of pursuit in the area between the southwestern oasis town of Obari and southern town of Sabha, military commanders in Tripoli told CNN.
The 39-year-old, one of the most-wanted elements of the former regime, has now been taken to the city of Zintan in the Western mountains, Zintan fighter Hassan al-Jwaili told CNN.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi had been on the run since shortly after the fall of his father’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in the capital in August.
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The International Criminal Court in the Netherlands confirmed the arrest. The court wants Saif al-Islam Gadhafi for alleged crimes against humanity, including murder, committed during the uprising.
Chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said it was “good news” that he had been arrested.
“That is very important because we consider him — the judges consider him — the principal, with his father Moammar, of the crimes committed in Libya after February 13,” he said.
“He’s arrested, he’s alive, and now he will face justice and that is the most important news.”