The slain son of former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi will be buried in a town south of the capital that remains loyal to the family, relatives said Thursday.
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, once seen by some as Libya's heir apparent, was shot dead in his home in the northwestern city of Zintan on Tuesday.
His family said the burial will be held on Friday in the town of Bani Walid, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) south of Tripoli.
Half-brother Mohamed Gaddafi said on Facebook the plan reflected "our respect" for the town, which has remained loyal to the elder Gaddafi years after he was toppled and killed in Libya's 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
Libya has struggled to recover from chaos that erupted after the uprising.
It remains split between Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah's UN-backed government based in Tripoli and an eastern administration backed by Khalifa Haftar.
Dbeibah condemned the killing in a statement Thursday: "Assassinations never provided stability... but rather deepen division."
"The Libya we are working towards is a state of law and institutions, where disputes are managed through dialogue and by resorting to the will of the people, not through violence or by reproducing the tragedies of the past," he added.
Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi said local Bani Walid authorities will "ensure the security of the funeral".
Each year, the town of 100,000 people celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Muammar to power, parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's all-green flag from before the Arab Spring.
Saadi Gaddafi, a younger brother, said his dead sibling will be "buried among the Werfalla", an influential local tribe, in a grave "next to his brother Khamis Gaddafi", who died during the 2011 unrest.
Marcel Ceccaldi, a French lawyer who had been representing Seif al-Islam, told AFP a "four-man commando" killed him. Authorities said they were probing his death as the assailants remain on the run.
Under the elder Gaddafi's 40-year rule, he was described as the de facto prime minister, cultivating an image of moderation and reform despite holding no official position.
