{"id":411459,"date":"2011-04-30T22:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T22:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/nato-strike-kills-gaddafis-son\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T22:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T22:56:39","slug":"nato-strike-kills-gaddafis-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/nato-strike-kills-gaddafis-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Nato strike &#8216;kills Gaddafi&#8217;s son&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"54.7595356551\"><span><span>30 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>18:56 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa which was hit by the strike, the spokesman added, but he was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>His son Saif al-Arab was killed, as well as three of his grandsons.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists say the building was extensively damaged and one unexploded bomb remains at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the villa was attacked &#8220;with full power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29 years old, and three of the leader&#8217;s grandchildren,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The leader with his wife was there in the house with other friends and relatives, the leader himself is in good health, he wasn&#8217;t harmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country,&#8221; the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>Saif al-Arab was the youngest of Muammar Gaddafi six sons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-13251570\" title=\"Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's son'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nato strike &#8216;kills Gaddafi&#8217;s son&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 April 2011 Last updated at 18:56 ET A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said. Colonel Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa which was hit by the strike, the spokesman added, but he was unharmed. His son Saif al-Arab was killed, as well as three of his grandsons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":411460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-411459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nato strike &#039;kills Gaddafi&#039;s son&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/nato-strike-kills-gaddafis-son\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nato strike &#039;kills Gaddafi&#039;s son&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"30 April 2011 Last updated at 18:56 ET A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said. 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