Gaddafi's son hiding on Venezuelan island

One of the sons of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is in hiding on an island off the coast of Venezuela, a politician in the South American country has claimed.

Orlando Fernandez Medina said that sources within the Venezuelan government had told him that one of Gaddafi's sons arrived on the island of Margarita around two days ago.

Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya for 41 years, has seven sons including Saif al-Islam, who has a PhD from the London School of Economics and recently appeared on television to warn of a possible civil war, and Mutassim, who is Libya's National Security Adviser.