Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr

Abu Bakr Yunis Jaber (Arabic: أبو بكر يونس جابر, DMG Abū Bakr Yūnis Ǧābir; * 1952 in the oasis Yalu, al - Wahat, † October 20, 2011 in Sirte ) was a Libyan brigadier general, according to the EU with the rank of major general.

Life

Jaber attended the Military Academy in Benghazi, where he was in the same class as Muammar al - Gaddafi. Like him, he belonged to the Confederation of Free to officers of the then King Idris crashed in 1969.

It was to the civil war in Libya, 2011, the army chief of the armed forces of Libya. He was reportedly asked by Gaddafi because of sympathy for the demonstrators as early as February 21, 2011 under house arrest - sometimes explicitly citing Libyan government circles.

Yunis Jaber was hit by EU sanctions against Libya since 28 February 2011. As a reason, the European Union was " overall responsibility for actions of armed forces " to.

He was killed along with Gaddafi in an attempt to break out after two months of siege, on 20 October 2011 at the final battle for Sirte during the capture.