Saif al-Arab Gaddafi سيف العرب القذافي | |
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Born | 1982 |
Died | 30 April 2011 (aged 28–29) (killed in action)[1] Tripoli, Libya |
Resting place | Al-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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