Wednesday, 12 September 2012

RIP John Christopher Stevens, US ambassador to Libya and three staff 'killed in rocket attack' today in libya

  
The US ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were today killed in a rocket attack in Benghazi, according to a Libyan official.
The death of the diplomat Christopher Stevens, was reported by Reuters, who had spoken to a source in Libya.   
'The Libyan ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them,' the official in the eastern city of Benghazi said.
According to the Libyan official, the U.S. ambassador had been on his way to a safer venue after protesters attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and opened fire, killing a staff member, in protest at film that they deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammad.
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Revolt: An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya
Anger: Dozens of protesters scaled the embassy walls, and several went into the courtyard and took down the American flag from a pole. They brought it back to the crowd outside, which tried to burn it, but failing that tore it apart

Burnt out: A man walks inside the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi. Christopher Stevens, 52, was at the compound evacuating staff when the building was attacked by militants 

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Burnt out: A man walks inside the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi. Christopher Stevens, 52, was at the compound evacuating staff when the building was attacked by militants
Shell: An interior view of the U.S. consulate. Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer was also killed
Shell: An interior view of the U.S. consulate. Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer was also killed
Terrifying: Although deserted now, the scene was very different yesterday as angry mob raged through the grounds, armed with weapons
 

 

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