Libyan suspect in Benghazi attack killed in Egypt
- 12 years ago
A Libyan man believed to have been involved in last month's attack on the U.S. consulate in in Libya, is dead.
Egyptian security forces say they killed him during a raid on his apartment building in Cairo
Locals say they were woken up by clouds of teargas and the sound the shooting, apparently coming from every direction.
It isn't clear what role Karim Ahmed Essam el-Azizi played in the Benghazi attack.
SOUNDBITE: Neighbor Sally George Zaki saying:
"I saw with my own eyes the police taking away rifles, rockets and so many different kinds of weapons that I haven't ever seen before, not even in foreign films."
Prior to the raid, neighbors say Azizi shunned social contact and that they could smell gas coming from his apartment.
Egyptian security forces say they killed him during a raid on his apartment building in Cairo
Locals say they were woken up by clouds of teargas and the sound the shooting, apparently coming from every direction.
It isn't clear what role Karim Ahmed Essam el-Azizi played in the Benghazi attack.
SOUNDBITE: Neighbor Sally George Zaki saying:
"I saw with my own eyes the police taking away rifles, rockets and so many different kinds of weapons that I haven't ever seen before, not even in foreign films."
Prior to the raid, neighbors say Azizi shunned social contact and that they could smell gas coming from his apartment.