Saif al-Arab Gaddafi

For his older brother, see Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi
سيف العرب القذافي
Born(1982-08-07)August 7, 1982
Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
DiedApril 30, 2011(2011-04-30) (aged 28)(killed in action)[1]
Tripoli, Libya
Resting placeAl-Hani Cemetery, Tripoli, Libya
Parent(s)Muammar Gaddafi (father)
Safia Farkash (mother)

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف العرب القذافي, lit. Sword of the Arabs; of the Gaddafa; 1982 – 30 April 2011) was the sixth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.[2] From around 2006 to 2010, Saif al-Arab spent much of his time in Munich. On 30 April 2011, the Libyan government reported that Saif al-Arab and three of his young nieces and nephews were killed by a NATO airstrike on his house during the Libyan Civil War.[3][4] During the beginning of the uprising, Saif al-Arab was put in charge of military forces by his father in order to put down protests in Benghazi.[5] Saif al-Arab was viewed as the most low-profile of Gaddafi's eight children.

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