US forces capture suspect in 2012 attack on American facility in Libya
WASHINGTON _ U.S. forces have captured a suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in an operation over the weekend ordered by President Donald Trump, a White House statement said Monday.
Mustafa al-Imam was captured on Sunday in Libya and will be brought to the United States to face charges, Trump said in the statement, referring to the events as terrorist attacks.
The assaults on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. citizens.
"Our memory is deep and our reach is long, and we will not rest in our efforts to find and bring the perpetrators of the heinous attacks in Benghazi to justice," Trump said in the statement.
The statement didn't say where or how al-Imam was captured or whether he had already arrived in the U.S.
Al-Imam, whose age is estimated at 46, is the second Benghazi suspect to be taken into U.S. custody. The suspected mastermind, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, is currently on trial in Washington.
Al-Imam faces charges of killing a person in the course of an attack on a federal facility using a firearm and dangerous weapon; conspiring to do the same; providing, attempting and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists resulting in death; and weapons charges.
_dpa
