Congressmen condemn deadly Libyan attack
Congressmen from Pennsylvania are strongly condemning Tuesday’s attack at a United States diplomatic facility in Libya where four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
“This senseless act of violence should not go unpunished,” said U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. “I urge the administration to make every effort to ensure Libyan authorities bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Stevens and three other Americans, identified as security guards by Libya’s interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in outrage over a film being made in America that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Libyan doctors said Stevens, 52, died of severe asphyxiation, apparently from smoke.
Read more in Thursday’s HeraldStandard.com.