The United States says it has captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a raid that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador.
This ignited a political firestorm in Washington. Now, the Pentagon press secretary says they’ve captured a suspected ringleader.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured in Libya Sunday, with a team of U.S. special operations forces and law enforcement personnel.
No photo of him was immediately available. During an event in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Obama said he had made his capture a priority:
The Pentagon declined to go into detail about his capture. But they say there were no civilian casualties in the operation and all U.S. personnel involved had safely left Libya.
A U.S. official said Khatallah would be charged and prosecuted through the U.S. court system.
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