The United States on Friday took custody of a suspect in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.
Feb. 6 Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the United States took custody of a suspect in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans and setting off a political in Washington, D.C.
Zubayar al-Bakoush faces an eight-count indictment charging him with murder for the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and State Department employee Sean Smith, both killed in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack. The indictment was brought in 2015.
« Al-Bakoush will now face American justice on American soil », Bondi said in a news conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannie Pirro.
The attackers also targeted a CIA building about a mile away from the consulate, killing CIA contractors Tyrone S.
