U.S. Ambassador Killed as Consulate Attacks Target Libya, Egypt

Sept. 12, 2012
Sept. 12, 2012, at 10:33 a.m.

An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya. An armed mob protesting a film made by an Israeli filmmaker based in California attacked the consulate and set fire to the building, killing U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. The film, parts of which were put online during the summer, ridicules the Prophet Muhammad.STR/AFP/Getty Images

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