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The American ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens has been killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday night. Gunmen armed with grenades set the building on fire. A Libyan doctor who treated Mr. Stevens said the ambassador had died from smokeinhalation. Three other Americans were also killed. It happened during a protest over a film deemed insulting of theprophetMohammed, but it isn't clear whether the attackers were linked to the protest. Jeremy Bowen reports.

周二晚上，美国驻利比亚大使克里斯多夫·史蒂文斯在班加西美国使馆袭击中身亡。携带手榴弹的武装人员点燃了使馆大楼，治疗史蒂文斯的利比亚医生称大使因吸入烟雾而死亡，另外三名美国人也遭杀害。事发之时正发生一场反对一部电影的抗议，人们认为影片侮辱了先知穆罕默德，但并不清楚袭击者是否与抗议有关。Jeremy Bowen报道。

Some reports say that the gunmen who attacked the consular were from a group known as Ansar al-Sharia.Witnesses told reporters, while the attack was going on, the streets surround the consular werecordoned offby bearded fighters who looked like jihadists armed with automatic weapons including heavy machine guns and rocket launches.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the killers were part of a small and savage group. In Washington at the White House, President Obama condemned the attack.