Qaddafi Farag and the Giza Serial Murders

Qaddafi Farag Abdel-Aty became widely known in Egyptian media as the “Giza serial killer” after investigators connected him to four killings committed across Giza and Alexandria. The case developed through separate prosecutions rather than one single omnibus trial, which matters when describing the legal record: each homicide produced its own judgment and appellate history.

Four victims, four prosecutions

Egyptian prosecution and court reporting described four intentional killings committed during the period beginning in 2015 and extending into 2017. The victims included Farag's friend, engineer Reda Abdel-Latif; his wife Fatma Zakaria; a woman identified in reporting as Nadine, related to one of his wives; and a woman identified as Yasmine in the Alexandria prosecution.

Because Egyptian outlets sometimes vary in how they describe the relationships of the female victims or use first names only, this file does not add surnames or family relationships beyond what the reviewed court reporting supports.

How the cases surfaced

The murder investigations became entangled with a separate pattern of fraud and identity misuse. Reporting on the case states that Farag used documents or identities connected to other people, including his murdered friend, while conducting financial and personal dealings. Those fraud-related discoveries helped authorities reopen questions about people who had disappeared from his life.

The prosecution eventually referred Farag to criminal courts in four homicide cases tied to jurisdictions in Giza and Alexandria. Investigators said remains had been concealed at properties associated with him. The evidentiary details differed from one prosecution to another, so this case file treats the four judgments as related but legally distinct proceedings.

The Alexandria judgment

One of the clearest appellate records concerns the killing of Yasmine in Alexandria. The Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced Farag to death, and on January 11, 2024, Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected his challenge and upheld that death judgment. Al-Masry Al-Youm described the decision as final and no longer subject to ordinary appeal.

The remaining death judgments

Other murder prosecutions produced death sentences for the killings of Reda Abdel-Latif, Fatma Zakaria and the woman reported as Nadine. During 2024, the Court of Cassation successively rejected additional appeals. By early January 2025, Egyptian reporting stated that all four death judgments had become final.

Farag also received a separate life sentence in a forgery and identity-related case. That conviction is part of the broader criminal record but is not counted here as an additional homicide.

What the courts established — and what they did not

The final legal record establishes four murder convictions against Farag. Media accounts have offered various explanations for the killings, including money, concealment of fraud and personal disputes. Some of those explanations are strongly connected to prosecution narratives, but motive details are not identical across all four cases. This file therefore does not impose a single psychological motive on every victim.

Likewise, dramatized television versions of the story are not treated as factual sources. The case became a major subject in Egyptian popular culture, but this page relies on court and news reporting about the real proceedings rather than fictionalized scenes.

Execution reported in 2026

Egyptian outlets reported in July and August 2026 that prison authorities had carried out Farag's death sentence after the appellate process was exhausted. El Watan reported the execution on July 21, 2026. Later Egyptian reports referred back to the execution as completed.

Because some later articles were published weeks after the reported execution and do not all state the same execution date, this file records the most specific contemporaneous date located — July 21, 2026 — while noting that subsequent outlets confirmed the sentence had been carried out.

Timeline

1. 2015–2017
   Four killings occur

   Separate prosecutions later attribute four intentional murders to Qaddafi Farag in Giza and Alexandria.

2. 2020
   Investigation expands

   Authorities investigating identity and fraud-related conduct connect Farag to missing people and concealed killings.

3. Feb. 1, 2021
   Four homicide cases referred

   Egypt's prosecution refers Farag for trial in four murder cases across Giza and Alexandria jurisdictions.

4. 2021–2022
   Death sentences imposed

   Criminal courts issue death judgments in the four separate murder cases.

5. Jan. 11, 2024
   Alexandria appeal rejected

   The Court of Cassation upholds the death sentence in the Yasmine murder case.

6. 2024–Jan. 2025
   All four judgments become final

   The Court of Cassation rejects the remaining murder appeals, leaving four final death judgments.

7. July 21, 2026
   Execution reported

   Egyptian media report that prison authorities carried out the death sentence.

Current status

Solved / adjudicated. Farag was convicted in four separate murder cases, the death judgments survived final appellate review, and Egyptian media reported his execution in 2026.