In an interview with Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television in August 2007, Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, admitted that the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor "were tortured by electricity and they were threatened that their family members would be targeted".
U intervjuu katarskoj televiziji Al-Jazeera u kolovozu 2007. godine, Gaddafiev sin Saif al-Islam priznao je da su bugarske medicinske sestre i palestinski liječnik "mučeni strujom te da im je prijećeno kako će se na meti naći članovi njihovih obitelji".