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.
see pictures when you continue...