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                         Benghazi Suspect Arrives in US

   by VOA News

   The suspected leader of the deadly attack nearly two years ago on the
   American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has arrived in the United
   States.

   The U.S. attorney's office said Saturday Libyan militant Ahmed Abu
   Khatallah is in U.S. law enforcement custody. Authorities are declining
   to give further details.

   Officials have said they intend to prosecute Khatallah in a Washington
   federal court.

   U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in the
   September 11, 2012, attack. Gunmen stormed the U.S. consulate and a
   nearby U.S. safe house in Benghazi. Officials say the ambassador
   suffocated after the militants set the consulate on fire.

   A U.S. special military operations unit arrested Khatallah earlier this
   month near Benghazi. Authorities questioned him aboard a U.S. naval
   ship before transferring him to U.S. soil.

   The U.S. Justice Department has said he faces three terrorism-related
   charges, including one that carries the death penalty if he is
   convicted.
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