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Khamis Gaddafi, the youngest son of late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly been killed during fighting, exactly one year after his father was slain by rebels, media reports said on Sunday





Libyan National Congress spokesman, Omar Hamdan, said the 28-year-old died 'in battle' but gave no further details, the Daily Mail reported.





The body of the seventh son of the late Libyan leader is said to have been found yesterday after fierce fighting between pro-Gaddafi forces and militias allied to the Libyan government in the town of Bani Walid, the report said.





However, there are conflicting accounts about whether Khamis Gaddafi was killed during conflict or fatally wounded and later died.





"The seventh and youngest son of the Libyan slain strongman Muammar al-Qaddafi has been declared dead after his capture on Saturday," Al Arabiya news channel quoted its sources as saying.





Khamis al-Qaddafi, who was a military commander in charge of the Khamis Brigade of the Libyan Army, was severely wounded when arrested, it said.





Hiteen Brigade, belonging to the Military Revolutionary Council in the northwestern city of Misrata, arrested Gaddafi's son, exactly a year after the dictator's death, the sources added.