Suspect in the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, has been arrested and brought back to the

On Sept. 11, 2012, a group of men stormed into the diplomatic compound in Benghazi in an attack that killed four Americans

Zubayr al-Bakoush the terrorist who allegedly planned the attack was brought back to Andrews Air Force Base at 3:00 am, Friday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced

al-Bakoush is charged with murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens, three other American citizens and other acts of terrorism

Zubayr al-Bakoush, [photo], a suspect in the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, has been arrested and brought back to the United States

Department Of Justice and the FBI held a joint press conference on Friday announcing the arrest of major suspect in the 2012 terrorist attacks on two U.S. government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.
12 years after the attacks, Libyan national Zubayr al-Bakoush is now in United States custody, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday.
Bondi flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, said at a press conference held in Washington DC revealed that Zubayr al-Bakoush was brought back to Andrews Air Force Base at 3:00 a.m on Friday.

The attackers set fires inside the US consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012, destroying buildings and vehicles

The case goes back to the night of September11, 2012, when a group of men stormed into the diplomatic compound in Benghazi. Four Americans were killed in the attack, including the US Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens.
Other Americans who lost their lives were identified as Information Officer Sean Smith as well as security contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.

US Ambassador to Libya Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens [left], and Information Officer Sean Smith both were killed in the terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012

According to a press release from the US Department Of Justice, al-Bakoush is charged with the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens, and three other Americans, as well as the attempted murder of another State Department employee.
Other charges on the eight count indictment include Arson and Maliciously Destroying and Injuring Property and Placing Lives in Jeopardy
The National Security Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has been assigned prosecution of the case.
According to Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington DC, Bakoush was first charged by complaint in 2015, which was sealed for 11 years.
The eight-count indictment has now been unsealed, she said.
“It charges Bakoush with the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens, the murder of State Department employee Sean Smith, the attempted murder of State Department Special Agent Scott Wicklund and conspiracy to provide materials for terrorists and support that resulted in the death of four Americans, as well as arson at the special mission,” Pirro added.

Security contractors Tyrone Woods, [left], and Glen Doherty also perished in the attack

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, [left] and and U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro [right], announcing the capture of Zubayr al-Bakoush on Friday, at a press conference in Washington DC

Zubayr al-Bakoush, [right], the terrorist who allegedly planned the attack was brought back to Andrews Air Force Base at 3:00 am on Friday, Feb 6

The fire led to the deaths of Stevens and Smith. Other State Department personnel escaped to a nearby US facility known as the annex.
A large group assembled for an attack on the annex. That attack, including a precision mortar barrage, resulted in the deaths of security officers Woods and Doherty.
A team of six security officials summoned from Tripoli and a Libyan military unit helped evacuate the remaining US personnel. They were taken to an airport and flown out of Benghazi. 

In 2017, the U.S. captured and extradited Mustafa al-Imam, [photo], one of the suspects in the attack. Convicted on two criminal counts, he is serving a 19-year prison sentence

Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khattala, suspected of being the mastermind behind the Benghazi attacks was captured by US special forces in 2014 and was brought to Washington for prosecution. He was convicted and is serving a 22-year prison sentence

This is the first arrest in nearly nine years in connection with the fatal 2012 attacks on US facilities in Libya.
A Libyan militia commander suspected of being the mastermind behind the attacks, Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khattala, 55, was captured by US special forces in 2014 and was brought to Washington for prosecution. He was convicted and sentenced in 2018, to 22 years in prison.
He is currently incarcerated in a US supermax prison.
In October 2017, US forces captured another Libyan national, Mustafa al-Imam, one of the men who participated in the attacks on two U.S. government facilities in Benghazi.
Extradited to stand trial in the US, al-Imam was convicted in 2020 on two criminal counts. He was sentenced to 19 years and six months in prison. He is also serving his sentence in a US prison.
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