Gadhafi's son 'needs surgery for injuries'
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November 26, 2011, Saturday
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MOAMMAR Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam needs surgery to remove gangrenous flesh from a severed thumb and finger which if not treated could make him seriously ill, according to a doctor who examined him.
Saif al-Islam has been nursing injuries to his right hand which he says were received during a NATO airstrike weeks ago.
"This wound is not in good condition and requires amputation," said Andrei Murakhovsky, a Ukraine-born doctor working in Zintan, the Libyan stronghold where Saif al-Islam is being held.
"The wound is covered with gangrenous tissue and necrotic tissue."
Fighters from Zintan captured Saif al-Islam in the southern desert last Saturday and flew him to their hometown where he is being held pending a handover to the country's provisional government.
The doctor said Saif al-Islam's middle finger did not require surgery but the two other bandaged digits had been severed and were weeping pus.
"His index finger has been ripped off 鈥 the bones are all shattered 鈥 It is the same thing with the thumb," he said.
When a picture of Saif al-Islam's bandaged hand was aired, many Libyans thought his captors had cut off his fingers in retribution for televised remarks in which he threatened anti-Gadhafi rebels, pointing and making other hand gestures.
Murakhovsky, however, said the injuries were consistent with "some kind of explosion."
Saif al-Islam has been nursing injuries to his right hand which he says were received during a NATO airstrike weeks ago.
"This wound is not in good condition and requires amputation," said Andrei Murakhovsky, a Ukraine-born doctor working in Zintan, the Libyan stronghold where Saif al-Islam is being held.
"The wound is covered with gangrenous tissue and necrotic tissue."
Fighters from Zintan captured Saif al-Islam in the southern desert last Saturday and flew him to their hometown where he is being held pending a handover to the country's provisional government.
The doctor said Saif al-Islam's middle finger did not require surgery but the two other bandaged digits had been severed and were weeping pus.
"His index finger has been ripped off 鈥 the bones are all shattered 鈥 It is the same thing with the thumb," he said.
When a picture of Saif al-Islam's bandaged hand was aired, many Libyans thought his captors had cut off his fingers in retribution for televised remarks in which he threatened anti-Gadhafi rebels, pointing and making other hand gestures.
Murakhovsky, however, said the injuries were consistent with "some kind of explosion."
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