US ambassador 'killed in Libya'
16:00, 12 September 2012
LONDON. September 12. KAZINFORM The US ambassador to Libya has died after being attacked by militiamen storming the US consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, reports say.
The ambassador was said to be among four US officials killed in a protest over a US-produced film that is said to insult the Prophet Muhammad, Kazinform has learned from BBC.
The US state department has only confirmed the death of one official - but it has not named him.
Protesters over the film have also attacked the US embassy in Cairo.