With features similar to his grandfather, the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the image of a young boy occupied social media during the past hours.
The picture spread on Libyan pages and accounts, claiming that it shows one of Gaddafi’s grandchildren.
In it, a boy appeared in his second decade, wearing a black hat, whose features were similar to those of Gaddafi.
It was also attached to comments saying: “This cub is from that lion,” indicating that the grandson bears the features of his grandfather.
Arab summit in Algeria
However, the truth is completely different, as the photo was taken on the fifteenth of November 2022 from Facebook.
It is also a vehicle, and belongs to Gaddafi himself, but with features modified through Photoshop, according to what was reported by “Agence France Presse”.
The original image, before the modification, belongs to the late colonel while he was at an Arab summit held in Algeria in 1988, according to the Getty Agency, which published it.
However, its publishers deliberately changed his features to make him look like a young boy or a young boy who looks like him.
Grandson of Muammar Abd al-Salam Buminyar. Al-Qahsi Gaddafi. Ibn Aisha. The daughter of the late colonel pic.twitter.com/tGuKZtRt0T
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More than a decade to go
It is noteworthy that although more than a decade has passed since the killing of Gaddafi, some Libyan pages still support him on the communication sites.
It was not known whether this picture appeared as a way to promote the Colonel’s family, or if it was launched with the aim of ridicule and then turned very around!