A suspect in the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 was captured over the weekend in raid by U.S. special forces, according to reports.
A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States in this file September 11, 2012 photo.
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U.S. troops captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, the Washington Post reports:
The officials said Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured near Benghazi by American troops, working alongside the FBI, following months of planning, and was now in U.S. custody "in a secure location outside Libya." The officials said there were no casualties in the operation, and that all U.S. personnel involved have safely left Libya.
Officials did not disclose where Khattala was being held, but did confirm that he is alive and en route to the United States.
The U.S. State Department declared Khattala a "specially designated global terrorist," in January and called him a "senior leader" of the Benghazi branch of the militant organization Ansar al-Sharia and is reported to have been the mastermind behind the 2012 attack.
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