TRIPOLI — One of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, al-Saadi, was extradited on Thursday to Libya from Niger, where he had taken refuge as his father's regime crumbled in 2011.

His extradition brought cheers from Libyans as the government prepares to prosecute him for allegedly trying to suppress the uprising against Gadhafi's rule.

Al-Saadi becomes the second son of the ousted and slain leader to be held in custody in Libya. Brother Seif al-Islam was captured in 2011 and has been held in a western mountain prison by a militia that is putting him on trial. The militia refuses to hand him over to the central government.

At the time of the revolt that brought down his father, al-Saadi led a brigade of special forces involved in the crackdown against protesters and rebels.

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