Top German prosecutor launches probe of Qadhafi
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, June 22, IRNA -- The German federal prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi, a spokesman of the office on Tuesday confirmed earlier media reports.
The objective of the probe is to gather evidence for the International Criminal Court (ICC) which had requested an arrest warrant for Qadhafi and his inner circles last month.
ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had asked for the arrest warrant for Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi, his son Saif al-Islam Qadhafi and the head of Libya's security apparatus Abdollah al-Sanussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
'The evidence shows that Moammar Qadhafi personally ordered attacks on unarmed Libyan civilians. We have strong evidence when we present them to the judges,' Moreno-Ocampo was quoted saying.
In February, the United Nations Security Council gave green light to Moreno-Ocampo to probe allegations of war crimes in Libya.
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