US Diplomat to Libya killed in Benghazi Attack

United state ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens with three other embassy staff were killed on 9 September 2012 after some fundamentalist mobs fumed and protesting over a film mocking Prophet Mohammed, attacked Consulate building in Benghazi city of Libya.

The said event happened on the day which is also marked as the 11th anniversary of 9/11.

The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens was the man who had helped Libyan opposition to overthrow the Gaddafi regime.  

The protest came after 14 minute trailer of the film posted on You Tube. The film named as Innocence of Muslims, was directed and produced by an Israeli- American real estate developer. It depicts the Prophet in poor light.

In response to the incident, US President Barack Obama ordered increased security for US diplomatic posts across the world and in his White House appearance he declared that the U.S. would "work with the Libyan government to bring to justice those who killed Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Chris Stevens is the second U.S. ambassador who had been killed during an outstation posting since the death of Adolph Dubs in 1979 during his tenure in Afghanistan.