Libya conflict: Gaddafi family 'flee to Algeria'
10:33, 30 August 2011
LONDON. August 30. KAZINFORM The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in Algeria, Algerian officials say.
A foreign ministry statement said Col Gaddafi's wife Safia, daughter Ayesha and sons Muhammad and Hannibal left Libya early on Monday.
According to BBC News, Algeria's UN ambassador said they were received on humanitarian grounds.
Meanwhile rebels said they had uncovered four mass graves in recent days.
The BBC's Andrew Hosken, who visited one of the sites in south-east Tripoli, said they were believed to contain the corpses of army officers who refused to fight for Col Gaddafi.
Details at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14709896