Shooting, the burning building, "heavy black smoke" separation of the late of the American embassy in Libya ambassador Chris Stevens, from safety officials: U.S. officials describe a portrait of tragic images of the attacks on the United States on Wednesday night in benghazi, left the widely respected diplomats and other three deaths officials says to the reporter, by the arrangement of telephone conference, points and they immediately recognized as incomplete details into a more clear picture of the bloody attacks there.
The details of the early draw the outline of a chaotic situation, this is clearly lodi grams of the United States and libby and security personnel buy time recapture diplomatic unidentified gunmen in Libya the eastern city of compounds, lost the ambassador. This account to reporter to provide conditions for its officials not sure.
In benghazi around 10 PM local time, the United States diplomatic mission compound housing attack "unidentified Libya extremists," said one official. Only 15 minutes later, the attacker is a violation of the perimeter of the main building and training their fire, it on fire.
There are Stevens, a regional security management personnel and Sean Smith, and the state council information management was also killed. (in general, this compound is about 25 to 30 people in it.
"They become separate from one another, because of heavy black smoke, and they tried to leave the burning building," said one official. Return to the burning building safety management personnel and other ambassador and Smith. "It's really quite heroic efforts."
"At that time, they found shawn, he was already dead, they took him out of the construction," the official said. "They are not, however, to find Chris before, they were out of the construction due to heavy fire and smoke and small arms shooting."
10 when 45 points, security guards trying to recapture subject building, but were beaten back. "In the afternoon, the United States and the security forces back than the main building, evacuees, they discover that they have a accessories. This annex is in the middle of the impact of the fire, lasted two hours, more and more American people were killed, another two people injured. The morning 02 point 30 points, the Libyan army to help americans control.
"At some point in all and frankly, we do not know when, we believe that ambassador Stevens out of construction and benghazi hospital. At that time, we do not have any information, what his condition is his body later by the U.S. personnel in benghazi airport," an official said. "I think it is already in Libya's dawn."
"There are reported in there, I can't confirm that he was taken to the hospital Libyan found his people," the official said. "Obviously, he had to try to go there. No americans responsible."
"We are not able to see him, until his body was returned to us in the airport," an official said, when asked if Stevens died of inhaling smoke. "You can imagine, we can't say anything about cause of death, until we have a chance for autopsy."
U.S. authorities have brought a charter flights from tripoli to benghazi to tripoli evacuated all americans. From there, they were evacuated to Germany.
Officials from the many times Stevens security arrangement problem. They did not provide any details, it is said that is in the attack happened before the protest.
However, their argument point of view, he is in the protection.
"Is there, is there any threat of flow show that we didn't get enough attitude," said one official.
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