US ambassador killed in Libyan riot

on 12/09/2012 11:16:16

The US ambassador and three other Americans have been killed in an attack on an US consulate in Libya by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Mohammed.

Libyan officials said ambassador Chris Stevens was killed on Tuesday night when he and a group of embassy staff went to the consulate in Benghazi to try to evacuate workers. The protesters were firing guns and rocket propelled grenades.