Gaddafi’s killed son Saif al-Arab was civilian student

The youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Arab, who was killed during a NATO airstrike on a wealthy residential area in Tripoli on Saturday, was a postgraduate student majoring in economy and not a military person, Libyan state-run JANA news agency reported.

The airstrike on Gaddafi’s house also killed three of his grandchildren as well as several friends and neighbors, the agency said citing a statement from the government.

“Late Saif al-Arab, born in 1982, was a postgraduate student majoring in economy and not a military serviceman,” the agency said adding that Muammar Gaddafi and his wife “miraculously” survived the attack.

A total of 14 of the 28 NATO countries are taking part in the operation Unified Protector in Libya, which includes airstrikes, a no-fly zone and naval enforcement of an arms embargo.

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution imposing a no-fly zone over Libya on March 17, paving the way for a military operation against Gaddafi which began two days later. The command of the operation was shifted from a U.S.-led international coalition to NATO in late March.

CAIRO, May 1 (RIA Novosti)

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