2012 Benghazi attack

Members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia carried out a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012. At 9:40 p.m.... Wikipedia

  • Location:  Benghazi, Libya
  • Date:  September 11–12, 2012, 21:40 – 04:15 EET (UTC+02:00)
  • Target:  United States diplomatic post and CIA annex
  • Attack type:  Coordinated attack, armed assault, arson
  • Weapons:  Rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, assault rifles, 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, truck mounted artillery, diesel canisters, mortars
  • Deaths:  US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, USFS officer Sean Smith, CIA contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, unknown number of Libyan attackers
  • Non-fatal injuries:  3 Americans, 7 Libyans
  • Perpetrators:  Ansar al-Sharia, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Alleged)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo