Saif al-Arab Gaddafi

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi
سيف العرب القذافي
Born(1982-08-07)August 7, 1982
DiedApril 30, 2011(2011-04-30) (aged 28)(killed in action)
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. 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. 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. Saif al-Arab was viewed as the most low-profile of Gaddafi's eight children.