The Libyan information minister said today that Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief has been captured by revolutionary fighters in the south of the country.

Mahmoud Shammam said that Abdullah al-Senoussi was captured alive today by a brigade from a southern region called Fazan.

Mr Al-Senoussi's capture comes a day after Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam was caught trying to flee Libya to Niger. Both men are wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. 

The Libyan National Council said Seif will be tried in Libya.

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