India, Feb. 4 -- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, known as the most prominent son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed, reports said on Tuesday, quoting sources close to the family, his lawyer Khaled el-Zaydi and Libyan media.

The office of Libya's attorney general on Wednesday said investigators and forensic doctors examined the body of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi on Tuesday and determined that he died from gunshot injuries, Reuters reported.

Muammar Gaddafi, the former de facto leader of Libya, was killed in October 2011 in a NATO-backed uprising in his hometown of Sirte, marking the end of his 42-year rule and the First Libyan Civil War.

The office of Libya's attorney general said that it was working to identify suspects and take ...