The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in Algeria, Algerian officials say.A foreign ministry statement said Col Gaddafi’s wife Safia, daughter Ayesha and sons Muhammad and Hannibal left Libya early on Monday.Algeria’s UN ambassador said they were received on humanitarian grounds.Libya’s rebels said sheltering Gaddafi family members was an act of aggression, and called for their extradition.

Col Gaddafi’s whereabouts are unknown.