The Giza Butcher Case (Safah El Giza)

The name "Giza Butcher" became a media label for Gaddafi Farag Abdel Atti, also rendered in English as Qaddafi Farag or Gaddafi Farrag. The nickname traveled farther than the court record. This guide keeps the names, four prosecutions, and reported judgments separate from later entertainment.

Egyptian prosecution and court reporting described four murder cases across Giza and Alexandria. Each had its own file and procedural history. A single headline cannot accurately represent all four.

This account avoids graphic reconstruction and invented dialogue. Court outcomes are attached to named cases and dates, while disputed or press-only details remain attributed.

Who was Safah El Giza?

The person widely called Safah El Giza in Egyptian media was Gaddafi Farag Abdel Atti. English reports use several transliterations, including Qaddafi Farag, Gaddafi Farrag, and Gaddafi Farag Abdel-Atti. Those spellings refer to the same person.

"Safah El Giza" and "Giza Butcher" were media nicknames, not legal names or court-defined classifications. The precise language is that Farag was prosecuted and convicted in specific murder cases.

Why there were four separate cases

Public Prosecution reporting said the cases concerned his wife, two other women, and one man. The relevant jurisdictions included Haram and Boulaq El-Dakrour in Greater Cairo and Montaza in Alexandria. The alleged killings were placed in 2015 and 2017, while the cases reached criminal courts years later.

Court reporting identified victims including his friend Reda Abdel Latif, Nadine, Yasmin in Alexandria, and his wife Fatma Zakaria. Names and family relationships appear with minor transliteration differences. This page uses the forms found across multiple established reports and does not treat spelling differences as new people.

How the cases emerged

The investigation connected a person living under another identity to earlier disappearances and suspected killings. Longer press reconstructions describe forged documents, assumed names, theft, and deception. Those narratives explain the public attention but are not substitutes for judgments.

The stronger record begins with the separate referrals and the evidence attributed to prosecutors: witness testimony, recovered remains, forensic examinations, DNA comparisons, and statements made during the investigation.

A restrained legal chronology

2021-2022: trial judgments

Egyptian outlets reported death sentences in the Reda, Nadine, and Yasmin cases during 2021. A trial judgment concerning Fatma Zakaria was reported on March 21, 2022. These were separate procedural events, not one combined sentence.

The Reda reporting conflict

Reports dated October 19, 2021 described a final ruling in the Reda case, but later docket reporting identified the relevant appeal as 12441 of judicial year 91 in case 3066 of 2021 and scheduled it for February 2024. Because those records conflict, this page does not use the 2021 reports as the final appellate date.

2024: named Court of Cassation outcomes

Al-Masry Al-Youm and El Watan reported a final Cassation judgment in the Alexandria case involving Yasmin on January 11, 2024, appeal 9046/91. On February 18, reports said the Court rejected appeal 12400/91 in the case concerning Nadine. On February 26, Shorouk, Akhbar Al-Youm, and Youm7 reported rejection of appeal 12441/91 and confirmation of the sentence in the Reda case. The exact docket identifiers and independent reports make February 26, 2024 the supported final date for the Reda case.

The wife case and the later reported execution

Reporting in June 2024 identified the wife's-case appeal as 9122 of judicial year 92. By January 2025, Youm7 reported that the Court of Cassation had upheld the sentence in that case. The accessible official court search requires authentication, so this page attributes that procedural update to the published report rather than claiming access to the judgment text.

On July 21, 2026, Shorouk and El Watan independently reported that prison authorities had carried out Farag's execution. No public official notice was located during this review; the execution is therefore stated as a corroborated press report, not as a quotation from an official record.

What evidence was reported?

A prosecution summary published by Gate Ahram described testimony from 17 witnesses, investigation statements, recovered remains, autopsy findings, DNA comparisons with relatives, forensic examination of locations, and reenactments. That is evidence reported by the prosecution; it does not turn every later press anecdote into fact.

Different evidence categories answer different questions. DNA may establish identity; witnesses may establish relationships or timing; scene evidence may connect a location to concealment. Statements require corroboration. The formal case was broader than the nickname-driven version of the story.

Was the television series a documentary?

No. The television production inspired by the case was a dramatization. It may compress chronology, invent dialogue, or create composite characters. It can be studied as a cultural response, not cited as evidence.

What the record establishes-and what it does not

Frequently asked questions

Who was Safah El Giza?

It was a media nickname for Gaddafi Farag Abdel Atti, who was prosecuted in four murder cases.

Is the Giza Butcher the same person as Safah El Giza?

Yes. Giza Butcher is an English rendering of the media nickname; Gaddafi and Qaddafi are transliteration variants.

How many murder cases were there?

The Public Prosecution referred four cases involving his wife, two other women, and one man.

What date is supported for the final Reda appeal?

February 26, 2024, based on appeal 12441/91 and case 3066/2021 as reported by several established outlets.