Gaddafi son in Paris scuffle
2005-02-03 13:18
Paris - French police were Thursday investigating claims that a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi beat a woman in a Paris hotel earlier in the week.
The Libyan embassy was asked to step in after scuffles in two separate luxury hotels, during which Hannibal Gaddafi allegedly produced a nine-millimetre handgun.
After the first incident a woman was treated for bruises in hospital and later filed suit claiming to have been beaten by Gaddafi.
Gaddafi, who is in his late 20s, left Paris for Copenhagen on Wednesday after being questioned by police. It was unclear whether Gaddafi enjoys diplomatic immunity in France.
Police were trying to determine whether Gaddafi has a permit to carry a handgun, but sources said this "doesn't seem to be the case".
In September a bodyguard working for Gaddafi was fined and given a one-month suspended jail sentence for hitting a policeman after the son of the Libyan leader was caught speeding on the famed Champs-Elysees.
- AFP